"wellspring" meaning in English

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        "The source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead."
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        "A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource."
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        "(figurative) A perennial source of anything; a fountainhead of supply or emanation; resource."
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