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"A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud."
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"Erigeron canadensis (syn. Conyza canadensis), an annual weed"
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],
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"word": "horseweed"
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{
"word": "Canadian fleabane"
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"word": "mare's-tail"
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