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155 lines
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{
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"azalea":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a subgenus ( Azalea ) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101l-y\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Some bonsai artists may tame an azalea down to a foot tall, but the flowers may be four inches across. \u2014 al , 13 May 2022",
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"Native to Alabama and Georgia, this azalea grows 5 to 6 feet tall and suckers to form colonies. \u2014 Steve Bender, Southern Living , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"Tallamy stops on his walk to adjust a wire barrier around a native azalea . \u2014 Matthew Cicanese And Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"Once the show is over, the azaleas can be replanted in the care facility\u2019s garden if there is one, and if the garden has room. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2020",
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"An early spring in 2017 for parts of the southeast U.S. left horticulturalists worried that the colorful azaleas would pop too early to be at peak performance for the contest. \u2014 Jennifer Hijazi, Scientific American , 7 Mar. 2020",
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"Think of an arrangement as a gin and tonic: The base of the composition (gin) is greenery that\u2019s leafy, strong and sometimes flowering \u2014 in the Bay Area, rhododendron, azalea or Philadelphus (mock orange) would naturally fit the bill. \u2014 Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com , 14 May 2020",
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"Day 2: Found our youngest had removed all of her clothing and was frolicking in neighbor\u2019s azaleas . \u2014 Daniel Kibblesmith, The New Yorker , 17 Apr. 2020",
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"Adjacent to the lake is a nine-acre Japanese garden and a seven-acre botanical garden with over 5,000 azaleas . \u2014 Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle , 30 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin Azalea, genus name, borrowed from Greek azal\u00e9\u0101, feminine of azal\u00e9os \"dry, parched, withered,\" from az-, base of \u00e1z\u014d, \u00e1zein \"to dry out, parch,\" and in same sense az\u00e1nesthai, aza\u00ednein (perhaps going back to an Indo-European verbal base *h 2 ed- \"dry up,\" whence also Hittite \u1e2b\u0101t- \"dry up, become parched\") + -aleos, adjective suffix, often paired with derivatives based on a nasal consonant":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1755, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182852"
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},
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"azafran":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": saffron":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u00e4s\u0259\u02c8fr\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish azafr\u00e1n , from Arabic al-za\u02bdfar\u0101n the saffron":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204448"
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},
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"azaleamum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various profusely flowering dwarf chrysanthemums":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-(\u02cc)m\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"azalea + chrysanthe mum":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003146"
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},
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"Aza\u00f1a y Diaz":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Manuel 1880\u20131940 Spanish politician; president of Spain (1936\u201339)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8th\u00e4n-y\u0259-\u0113-\u02c8t\u035fh\u0113-\u00e4th"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121334"
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},
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"azadirachtin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a chemical compound C 35 H 44 O 16 that occurs in the seeds of the neem tree ( Azadirachta indica ) and is used as an insecticide":[
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"Most of neem's pesticidal punch comes from the compound azadirachtin , which disrupts insects' growth as well as dampening their appetite.",
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"\u2014 Leslie Land , New York Times , 10 May 2007",
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"Azadirachtin causes hormonal imbalances and disrupts the maturation cycle in insects, which results in unsuccessful molts, or heavily deformed immature insect stages.",
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"\u2014 Illinois Blasdel , Landscape Management , April 2005"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02ccza-d\u0259-\u02c8rak-t\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151426"
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},
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"Azande":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": zande":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02c8zand\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212314"
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},
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"Azadirachta":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": neem sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u02cczad\u0259\u02c8rakt\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Persian \u0101z\u0101d dirakht , literally, free or noble tree":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222632"
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}
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} |