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"Rhymes:Spanish/ite",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ite/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with homophones"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of mezquite"
],
"links": [
[
"mezquite",
"mezquite#Spanish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Mexico) Alternative spelling of mezquite"
],
"tags": [
"Mexico",
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mesˈkite/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mesˈki.t̪e]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ite"
},
{
"homophone": "(Latin America) mezquite"
}
],
"word": "mesquite"
}
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