C-style comment in English

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        "A (possibly multiline) comment enclosed by the symbol sequences /* and */."
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      ],
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  "etymology_text": "After the C programming language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "C-style comments",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
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"C-style comment" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms