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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kǎrvaviče",
"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
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"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
"word": "keserűfű"
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"ipa": "/ˈbɪs.tɔɹt/",
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"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
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},
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"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
"word": "keserűfű"
},
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bistorta"
},
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"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
"word": "мэхээр"
},
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"sense": "any of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "rdest"
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