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"ref": "1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 195",
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"sense": "Simmondsia chinensis",
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"word": "quinine nut, coffeeberry"
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"word": "pignut"
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"word": "wild hazel"
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"word": "quinine nut, coffeeberry"
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