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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Alpinia speciosa in CommonParlance
- definition cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
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Alpinia zerumbet in CommonParlance
- definition cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
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Alpinism in CommonParlance
- definition mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)
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Alsatian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants
- definition a native or inhabitant of Alsace
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Alsobia dianthiflora in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia
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Alsophila pometaria in CommonParlance
- definition North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms
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Alstonia scholaris in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
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Alstroemeria pelegrina in CommonParlance
- definition an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
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Altace in CommonParlance
- definition an ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack
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Altaic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
- definition any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group
- definition a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
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Altaic language in CommonParlance
- definition a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
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Alternanthera philoxeroides in CommonParlance
- definition prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
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Althea officinalis in CommonParlance
- definition European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
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Althea rosea in CommonParlance
- definition plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
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Alupent in CommonParlance
- definition a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness
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Alytes cisternasi in CommonParlance
- definition similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians
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Alytes obstetricans in CommonParlance
- definition European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch
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Alzheimer's in CommonParlance
- definition a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness
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Alzheimer's disease in CommonParlance
- definition a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness
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Alzheimers in CommonParlance
- definition a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness
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Am in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
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Aman in CommonParlance
- definition the Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet
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Amanita caesarea in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric
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Amanita mappa in CommonParlance
- definition agaric often confused with the death cup
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Amanita muscaria in CommonParlance
- definition poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills