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
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Terms in this context
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desert lynx in CommonParlance
- definition of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia
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desert mariposa tulip in CommonParlance
- definition mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
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desert olive in CommonParlance
- definition spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits
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desert paintbrush in CommonParlance
- definition most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers
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desert pea in CommonParlance
- definition sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
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desert plant in CommonParlance
- definition plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
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desert plume in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
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desert rat in CommonParlance
- definition any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
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desert rheumatism in CommonParlance
- definition an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules
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desert rose in CommonParlance
- definition South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
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desert sand verbena in CommonParlance
- definition soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
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desert selaginella in CommonParlance
- definition prostrate spikemoss; California
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desert soil in CommonParlance
- definition a type of soil that develops in arid climates
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desert sunflower in CommonParlance
- definition slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
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desert tortoise in CommonParlance
- definition burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates
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desert willow in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
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deserted in CommonParlance
- definition forsaken by owner or inhabitants
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deserter in CommonParlance
- definition a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- definition a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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desertic soil in CommonParlance
- definition a type of soil that develops in arid climates
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desertification in CommonParlance
- definition the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
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desertion in CommonParlance
- definition withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- definition the act of giving something up
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deserve in CommonParlance
- definition be worthy or deserving
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deserved in CommonParlance
- definition properly deserved
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deservedly in CommonParlance
- definition as deserved
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deserving in CommonParlance
- definition (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way