Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
brake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
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Tiny blue-green leaves of the cliff-brake, strung on slender, shining stems, contrasted their delicate grace with the ruggedness of the old cliff.
Some Summer Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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