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"ref": "2004, Frederic Rosengarten, Jr., The Book of Edible Nuts, Courier Corporation, page 332",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"lang": "Chumburung",
"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
"word": "ke̱kyaamo̱"
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
"word": "kilambɔɛ"
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"code": "bud",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"code": "yo",
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"word": "amande de terre"
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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"sense": "edible tuber of chufa",
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