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Definition of Pasture brake
1. Noun. Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
Exact synonyms: Bracken, Brake, Pteridium Aquilinum
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Pteridium, Pteridium
Derivative terms: Braky
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Pteridium, Pteridium
Derivative terms: Braky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasture Brake
Literary usage of Pasture brake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1854)
"Inquiry by TJLEONARD, Weston, Vt. How shall I destroy the common pasture brake?"
Well, we don't know—it is a hard subject to deal with. ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1851)
"... could be more judiciously applied to the purchase of more bulky and lasting
manure than to increase the grass overthe usual pasture brake of the farm. ..."
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