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"The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle."
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"A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow."
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"The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption."
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"word": "tete de violin"
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"sense": "food",
"word": "crosse de fougère"
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"ship",
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},
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"sense": "furled fronds of a fern",
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"sense": "furled fronds of a fern",
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"word": "tête-de-violon"
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