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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "hardwood obtained from several trees of the genus Chlorophora",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "mvule (Waata)"
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"ref": "2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 15",
"text": "I was stuck high in the giant iroko tree that grew in the center of town.",
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"The tree itself."
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iroko",
"sense": "hardwood obtained from several trees of the genus Chlorophora",
"word": "イロコ"
},
{
"code": "ak",
"lang": "Akan",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "odum"
},
{
"code": "bci",
"lang": "Baoule",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "ala"
},
{
"code": "dnj",
"lang": "Dan",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "꞊göö˗"
},
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"code": "dua",
"lang": "Duala",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "baṅ"
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"code": "bin",
"lang": "Edo",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "uloko"
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"code": "ewo",
"lang": "Ewondo",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "abaṅ"
},
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"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "loko"
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"lang": "Igala",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "ùlókóò"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iroko",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "イロコ"
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"code": "luo",
"lang": "Luo",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
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"lang": "Nawdm",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "tumb"
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"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "ròókò"
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"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "mvule (Waata)"
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"code": "sw",
"english": "Tanzania",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
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"word": "mvule"
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"code": "tvs",
"lang": "Taveta",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "mvure"
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{
"code": "yom",
"lang": "Yombe",
"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"tags": [
"Congo"
],
"word": "nkambala"
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"code": "yo",
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"sense": "Milicia excelsa (syn. Chlorophora excelsa)",
"word": "ìrókò"
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