1. (noun) bracken, Pteridium esculentum - a common fern throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in open places and disturbed ground, which it colonises rapidly from its underground rhizome. Harsh divided fronds are yellowish green and grow to 3-4 m. Rhizome was pounded and cooked as a staple food in pre-European times.
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