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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_property_description(self, name):
 """Property name. in name of type str Property name. return description of type str Property description. """

        if not isinstance(name, basestring):
            raise TypeError("name can only be an instance of type basestring")
        description = self._call("getPropertyDescription",
                     in_p=[name])
        return description