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"Dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs, that has fallen to the ground and may be used by animals as habitat or for nest-building, eventually decomposing and releasing nutrients into the soil."
],
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"plant",
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"fallen",
"fallen"
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"leaves",
"leaf"
],
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"bark",
"bark"
],
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"twig",
"twig"
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"animal",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fullaraca"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "virosta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"word": "lehtikarike"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "feuilles mortes"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "litière"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "abgefallenes Laub"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "trockenes Laub"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"word": "avar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ściółka"
},
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
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"feminine"
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}
]
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],
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"plant",
"plant"
],
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"fallen",
"fallen"
],
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"leaves",
"leaf"
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"bark",
"bark"
],
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"twig",
"twig"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
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"habitat",
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],
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"nest",
"nest"
],
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"decomposing",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "virosta"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"word": "lehtikarike"
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"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "feuilles mortes"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "litière"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "abgefallenes Laub"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "trockenes Laub"
},
{
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"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"word": "avar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ściółka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "serapilheira"
}
],
"word": "leaf litter"
}
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