helecho

Definitions of helecho
  1. noun
    any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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    types:
    cabello, culantrillo
    any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
    freno
    any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
    type of:
    pteridofita
    plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
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