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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vosǎčen",
"sense": "of or pertaining to wax",
"word": "восъчен"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to wax",
"word": "vahain"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of or pertaining to wax",
"word": "cēreus"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of or pertaining to wax",
"word": "cèireach"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of or pertaining to wax",
"word": "cwyraidd"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "having characteristics of wax",
"word": "vahain"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "having characteristics of wax",
"word": "cèireach"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having characteristics of wax",
"word": "cwyraidd"
}
],
"word": "waxen"
}
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