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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alpine bearberry in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
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alpine clover in CommonParlance
- definition European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers
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alpine clubmoss in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of club moss which occurs throughout northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere (Lycopodium alpinum)
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alpine coltsfoot in CommonParlance
- definition rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover; sometimes placed in genus Tussilago
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alpine gold in CommonParlance
- definition low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
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alpine goldenrod in CommonParlance
- definition goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America
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alpine hulsea in CommonParlance
- definition low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
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alpine milk vetch in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America
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alpine salamander in CommonParlance
- definition ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps
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alpine sunflower in CommonParlance
- definition whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
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alpine totara in CommonParlance
- definition low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
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alpinist in CommonParlance
- definition a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
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alprazolam in CommonParlance
- definition an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class
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already in CommonParlance
- definition prior to a specified or implied time
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alright in CommonParlance
- definition nonstandard usage
- definition without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)
- definition an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
- definition in a satisfactory or adequate manner
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alsatian in CommonParlance
- definition breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind
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also in CommonParlance
- definition in addition
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also known as in CommonParlance
- definition as known or named at another time or place
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also-ran in CommonParlance
- definition a contestant who loses the contest
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alstroemeria in CommonParlance
- definition any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
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altar in CommonParlance
- definition the table in Christian churches where communion is given
- definition a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
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altar boy in CommonParlance
- definition a boy serving as an acolyte
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altar girl in CommonParlance
- definition a girl serving as an acolyte
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altar wine in CommonParlance
- definition used in a communion service
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altarpiece in CommonParlance
- definition a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table