See laver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sleabhac"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kim",
"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
"word": "김"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "parae",
"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
"word": "파래"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
"tags": [
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"word": "slòcan"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "navelsloke"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
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"word": "veckad purpurhinna"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "Porphyra umbilicalis",
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"word": "lawr"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an edible seaweed",
"word": "karengo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an edible seaweed",
"word": "parengo"
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"sense": "an edible seaweed",
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"word": "sloke"
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"code": "sv",
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"Laver (seaweed)"
],
"word": "laver"
}
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"text": "Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]",
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"That which laves, particularly a washbasin."
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"code": "de",
"english": "monastery",
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"word": "Brunnenhaus"
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