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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Dictamnus alba in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
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Dictaphone in CommonParlance
- definition a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation
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Dicynodontia in CommonParlance
- definition a division of Therapsida
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Didelphis marsupialis in CommonParlance
- definition omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America
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Didelphis virginiana in CommonParlance
- definition omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America
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Dieffenbachia sequine in CommonParlance
- definition an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
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Diegueno in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a North American Indian people of southern California
- definition the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia
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Diegueno language in CommonParlance
- definition the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia
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Diervilla lonicera in CommonParlance
- definition spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers
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Diervilla sessilifolia in CommonParlance
- definition bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
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Digitalis lutea in CommonParlance
- definition European yellow-flowered foxglove
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Digitalis purpurea in CommonParlance
- definition tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
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Digitaria ischaemum in CommonParlance
- definition a weed, a low-growing, summer annual grass that spreads by seed and from rooting of the lowest joints of the stems (Digitaria ischaemum)
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Digitaria sanguinalis in CommonParlance
- definition a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States
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Dilantin in CommonParlance
- definition an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative
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Dilaudid in CommonParlance
- definition a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain
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Dimetane in CommonParlance
- definition antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis)
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Dimetapp in CommonParlance
- definition trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis
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Dimocarpus longan in CommonParlance
- definition tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium
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Dinka in CommonParlance
- definition a Nilotic language, spoken in South Sudan
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Dinka language in CommonParlance
- definition a Nilotic language, spoken in South Sudan
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Dinornis giganteus in CommonParlance
- definition the largest moa; about 12 feet high
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Diodon holocanthus in CommonParlance
- definition similar to but smaller than porcupinefish
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Diodon hystrix in CommonParlance
- definition spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters
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Diodora apertura in CommonParlance
- definition marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex