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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A flowering shrub, Kantuta buxifolia, from the high plateaus of southern Peru and Bolivia, where it grows in clusters in altitudes not exceeding 13,000 feet.

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  • As the massacre at cantuta had nothing to do with the war on Shining path, I reject the insinuation ...

    Living in Peru : News 2009

  • As the massacre at cantuta had nothing to do with the war on Shining path, I reject the insinuation ...

    Living in Peru : News 2009

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