culantrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From culantro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kulanˈtɾiʝo/ [ku.lãn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kulanˈtɾiʎo/ [ku.lãn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kulanˈtɾiʃo/ [ku.lãn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kulanˈtɾiʒo/ [ku.lãn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: cu‧lan‧tri‧llo

Noun

culantrillo m (plural culantrillos)

  1. Any plant of a number of species:
    1. Adiantum amplum, of Mexico and Ecuador
    2. Adiantum capillus-veneris (black maidenhair fern)
    3. Asplenium ceterach (rustyback)
    4. Lemna gibba (fat duckweed)
    5. Torilis japonica (upright hedge-parsley)

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