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< calendula
calf >
cal·en·ture
(k
l
n-ch
r
)
KEY
NOUN:
A tropical fever once believed to be caused by the heat.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish
calentura
, from
calentar
,
to heat
, from Latin
cal
ns
, calent-
present participle of
cal
re
,
to be warm
; see
kel
-
1
in Indo-European roots
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