CommonParlance
Seed
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.
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common touch in CommonParlance
- definition the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them)
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common unicorn plant in CommonParlance
- definition annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
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common valerian in CommonParlance
- definition tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
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common vetchling in CommonParlance
- definition scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
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common viper in CommonParlance
- definition small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
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common wallaby in CommonParlance
- definition a small wallaby having a height of 30 inches
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common wart in CommonParlance
- definition a benign growth (often with a rough surface)
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common wasp in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of vespid wasp
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common water snake in CommonParlance
- definition in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
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common watercress in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere
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common wheat in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
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common white dogwood in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
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common winterberry holly in CommonParlance
- definition a holly shrub (Ilex verticillata)
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common wolffia in CommonParlance
- definition smallest flowering plants known; of the Americas
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common woman in CommonParlance
- definition a female person who holds no title
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common wood sorrel in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
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common wormwood in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
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common year in CommonParlance
- definition a year that is not a leap year
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common yellowthroat in CommonParlance
- definition an American warbler
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common yellowwood in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized tree of South Africa
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common zebra in CommonParlance
- definition of the plains of central and eastern Africa
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common-law in CommonParlance
- definition based on common law
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common-law marriage in CommonParlance
- definition a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
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commonage in CommonParlance
- definition property held in common
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commonality in CommonParlance
- definition a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- definition sharing of common attributes