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"ref": "1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement)",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "tree",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "bedoll comú"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree",
"word": "rauduskoivu"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tree",
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"masculine"
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"word": "bouleau blanc"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tree",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Silberbirke"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "tree",
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"feminine"
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"word": "beith gheal"
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"sense": "tree",
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"masculine"
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"word": "bouôlias"
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"sense": "tree",
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"feminine"
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"word": "beith dhubhach"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tree",
"word": "adi huş"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "tree",
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"word": "bedoll comú"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree",
"word": "rauduskoivu"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "tree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bouleau blanc"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Silberbirke"
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"sense": "tree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "beith gheal"
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"sense": "tree",
"tags": [
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"word": "beith dhubhach"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tree",
"word": "adi huş"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "tree",
"tags": [
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"word": "bedwen arian"
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],
"word": "silver birch"
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