raithneach — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bracken noun A tough, fast-spreading fern that grows in dense patches on hillsides and moorland; toxic to grazing animals if eaten in quantity.
- fern noun A leafy green plant with no flowers or seeds that reproduces by releasing tiny spores, often found in shady, damp places.
- weed verb To pull unwanted plants out of a garden or field.
Senses
raithneach is used for these senses in English:
- bracken (uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
- fern Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.
- weed (uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis.