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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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corkscrew flower in CommonParlance
- definition perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
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corkwood in CommonParlance
- definition very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
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corkwood tree in CommonParlance
- definition very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
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corky in CommonParlance
- definition (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
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corm in CommonParlance
- definition solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure
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cormorant in CommonParlance
- definition large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
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cormose in CommonParlance
- definition having or producing corms
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cormous in CommonParlance
- definition having or producing corms
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cormous plant in CommonParlance
- definition plant growing from a corm
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corn in CommonParlance
- definition tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- definition the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- definition ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- definition a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- definition (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
- definition whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- definition something sentimental or trite
- definition feed (cattle) with corn
- definition preserve with large-grained rock salt
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corn beef in CommonParlance
- definition beef cured or pickled in brine
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corn borer in CommonParlance
- definition larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
- definition native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
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corn borer moth in CommonParlance
- definition native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
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corn cake in CommonParlance
- definition baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland)
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corn campion in CommonParlance
- definition European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
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corn chamomile in CommonParlance
- definition European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America
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corn chip in CommonParlance
- definition thin piece of cornmeal dough fried
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corn chowder in CommonParlance
- definition chowder containing corn
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corn cob in CommonParlance
- definition the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn
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corn cockle in CommonParlance
- definition European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
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corn dab in CommonParlance
- definition small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
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corn dance in CommonParlance
- definition a rain dance of Amerindians
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corn dodger in CommonParlance
- definition small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
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corn earworm in CommonParlance
- definition larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
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corn exchange in CommonParlance
- definition an exchange where grains are bought and sold