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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bjal očebolec",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"word": "бял очеболец"
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"roman": "wěilíngcài",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "委陵菜"
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "yangjikkot",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "양지꽃"
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"roman": "lapčátka",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"feminine"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "petòprsta"
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{
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potentil·la"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wěilíngcài",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "委陵菜"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "potentille"
},
{
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "pimpó"
},
{
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yangjikkot",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"word": "양지꽃"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pięciornik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potentilha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lapčátka",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лапча́тка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "petòprsta"
},
{
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petòprst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla",
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