CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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common pepper in CommonParlance
- definition climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
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common person in CommonParlance
- definition a person who holds no title
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common pitcher plant in CommonParlance
- definition perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
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common plantain in CommonParlance
- definition common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
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common plum in CommonParlance
- definition any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas
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common polypody in CommonParlance
- definition mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
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common pond-skater in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of water strider
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common privet in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges
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common purslane in CommonParlance
- definition weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
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common raccoon in CommonParlance
- definition North American raccoon
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common racoon in CommonParlance
- definition North American raccoon
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common ragweed in CommonParlance
- definition annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally
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common reed in CommonParlance
- definition tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
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common room in CommonParlance
- definition a sitting room (usually at school or university)
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common rorqual in CommonParlance
- definition large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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common rose mallow in CommonParlance
- definition showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
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common roundworm in CommonParlance
- definition intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
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common rush in CommonParlance
- definition tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
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common sage in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
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common salt in CommonParlance
- definition a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
- definition white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
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common scold in CommonParlance
- definition someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
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common scoter in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of scoter
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common scurvy grass in CommonParlance
- definition a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
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common seal in CommonParlance
- definition small spotted seal of coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere
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common sense in CommonParlance
- definition sound practical judgment