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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Dryopteris fragrans in CommonParlance
- definition fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
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Dryopteris goldiana in CommonParlance
- definition North American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
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Dryopteris hexagonoptera in CommonParlance
- definition beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
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Dryopteris marginalis in CommonParlance
- definition North American fern with evergreen fronds
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Dryopteris noveboracensis in CommonParlance
- definition slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
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Dryopteris oreades in CommonParlance
- definition a fern of the genus Dryopteris
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Dryopteris oreopteris in CommonParlance
- definition common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
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Dryopteris phegopteris in CommonParlance
- definition beech fern of North America and Eurasia
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Dryopteris thelypteris in CommonParlance
- definition fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
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Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens in CommonParlance
- definition fern of northeastern North America
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Ds in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 110
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Dubliner in CommonParlance
- definition a resident of Dublin
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Dubonnet in CommonParlance
- definition (trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif
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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy in CommonParlance
- definition the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
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Dugong dugon in CommonParlance
- definition sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate
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Duke of Argyll's tea tree in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
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Duke of Edinburgh in CommonParlance
- definition British royal title created for Prince Frederick and subsequently held by other members of the British royal family
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Duke of Windsor in CommonParlance
- definition British royal title created for the former monarch Edward VIII after his abdication
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Duma in CommonParlance
- definition a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR
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Dumetella carolinensis in CommonParlance
- definition North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
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Dumpy level in CommonParlance
- definition a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level
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Dungeness crab in CommonParlance
- definition flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab)
- definition small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
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Dunkard in CommonParlance
- definition an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
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Dunker in CommonParlance
- definition an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
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Dunkers in CommonParlance
- definition a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion