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"ref": "1952, Geoffrey Grigson, Gardenage: Or, The Plants of Ninhursaga, page 69",
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},
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},
{
"ref": "2020, Sven Gehrmann, Fire! In the Wadden Sea, page 40",
"text": "Fortunately, there are only a few jellyfish in the North Sea which are painfully nettlers, but you should always be careful not to touch unknown cnidarians.",
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