fox-and-cubs in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the appearance of orange flowers (the fox) adjacent to flower buds (the cubs).",
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          "word": "Pilosella lactucella"
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        "Pilosella aurantiaca, an orange multi-headed wildflower native to Europe."
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "Pilosella aurantiaca",
          "word": "rușuliță"
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  "word": "fox-and-cubs"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Glaucous fox-and-cubs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pilosella lactucella"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yellow fox-and-cubs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pilosella caespitosa"
    }
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"fox-and-cubs" meaning in English

Noun