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"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bɔɔn",
"sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
"word": "บอน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pʉ̀ʉak",
"sense": "old cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta",
"word": "เผือก"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cocoyam"
],
"word": "cocoyam"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cocoyam meaning in English (5.9kB)
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"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (new cocoyam): yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque desc=new cocoyam rest=yautia, new cocoyam, otoe, otoy, macabo, malanga, quequisque cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
"path": [
"cocoyam"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cocoyam",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (old cocoyam): taro, dasheen desc=old cocoyam rest=taro, dasheen cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
"path": [
"cocoyam"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cocoyam",
"trace": ""
}
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