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.
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coraciiform bird in CommonParlance
- definition chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
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coracle in CommonParlance
- definition a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
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corakan in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
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coral in CommonParlance
- definition of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
- definition a variable color averaging a deep pink
- definition the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
- definition unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
- definition marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
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coral bean in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
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coral bean tree in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
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coral bush in CommonParlance
- definition Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
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coral drops in CommonParlance
- definition half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
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coral fungus in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral
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coral gem in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States
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coral honeysuckle in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
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coral necklace in CommonParlance
- definition glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
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coral pea in CommonParlance
- definition any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
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coral reef in CommonParlance
- definition a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
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coral root in CommonParlance
- definition a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
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coral snake in CommonParlance
- definition any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
- definition any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
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coral tree in CommonParlance
- definition any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
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coral vine in CommonParlance
- definition prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
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coral-red in CommonParlance
- definition of red tinged with coral
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coral-root bittercress in CommonParlance
- definition European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
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coral-wood in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
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coralbells in CommonParlance
- definition perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental
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coralberry in CommonParlance
- definition North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
- definition shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India
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coralroot in CommonParlance
- definition European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
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coralwood in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental