See cucumis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"true",
"true"
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"Citrullus lanatus: watermelon"
],
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"watermelon",
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],
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],
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"anguīnus",
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"errāticus",
"erraticus#Latin"
]
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
"sea cucumber"
],
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"sea cucumber",
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]
],
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"masculine"
]
},
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"Cucumis sativus: garden cucumber"
],
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"Cucumis sativus#Translingual"
],
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"garden",
"garden"
],
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"cucumber",
"cucumber"
]
],
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],
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]
},
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"New Latin"
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"glosses": [
"the genus Cucumis"
],
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"genus",
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],
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],
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],
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]
}
],
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"Classical-Latin"
]
},
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"ipa": "[ˈkuː.ku.mis]",
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}
],
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"wanderwort"
],
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}
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"extra": "kettle",
"word": "cucuma"
}
],
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"dative/ablative plural of cucuma (“kettle”)"
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