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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Alopecurus pratensis in CommonParlance
- definition stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
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Alopex lagopus in CommonParlance
- definition thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
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Alopius vulpinus in CommonParlance
- definition large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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Alosa alosa in CommonParlance
- definition European shad
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Alosa chrysocloris in CommonParlance
- definition shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima
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Alosa pseudoharengus in CommonParlance
- definition shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
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Alosa sapidissima in CommonParlance
- definition shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
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Alpine in CommonParlance
- definition relating to the Alps and their inhabitants
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Alpine anemone in CommonParlance
- definition silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
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Alpine besseya in CommonParlance
- definition small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico
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Alpine celery pine in CommonParlance
- definition small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand
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Alpine enchanter's nightshade in CommonParlance
- definition an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade
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Alpine fir in CommonParlance
- definition medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
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Alpine glacier in CommonParlance
- definition a glacier that moves down from a high valley
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Alpine golden chain in CommonParlance
- definition an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum
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Alpine lady fern in CommonParlance
- definition a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains
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Alpine lift in CommonParlance
- definition a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis
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Alpine mouse-ear in CommonParlance
- definition widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
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Alpine scurvy in CommonParlance
- definition a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments
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Alpine type of glacier in CommonParlance
- definition a glacier that moves down from a high valley
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Alpine woodsia in CommonParlance
- definition slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
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Alpinia galanga in CommonParlance
- definition southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
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Alpinia officinalis in CommonParlance
- definition Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
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Alpinia officinarum in CommonParlance
- definition Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
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Alpinia purpurata in CommonParlance
- definition an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands