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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈkro.toːn/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkrɔt̪oːn]",
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"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkro.ton/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
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}
],
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}
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"4": "",
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"english": "superkingdom",
"sense": "genus",
"word": "Eukaryota"
},
{
"english": "kingdom",
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"word": "Plantae"
},
{
"english": "subkingdom",
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"word": "Viridiplantae"
},
{
"english": "infrakingdom",
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{
"english": "superphylum",
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},
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{
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{
"english": "order",
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"word": "Malpighiales"
},
{
"english": "family",
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}
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