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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American plane in CommonParlance
- definition very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
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American pulsatilla in CommonParlance
- definition short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
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American quaking aspen in CommonParlance
- definition slender aspen native to North America
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American raspberry in CommonParlance
- definition red raspberry of North America
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American rattlebox in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
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American red elder in CommonParlance
- definition common North American shrub or small tree
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American red plum in CommonParlance
- definition wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
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American red squirrel in CommonParlance
- definition of northern United States and Canada
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American redstart in CommonParlance
- definition flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
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American robin in CommonParlance
- definition large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
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American rock brake in CommonParlance
- definition rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
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American sable in CommonParlance
- definition valued for its fur
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American saddle horse in CommonParlance
- definition a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky
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American shrew mole in CommonParlance
- definition greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada
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American sign language in CommonParlance
- definition the sign language used in the United States
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American smelt in CommonParlance
- definition common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska
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American smokewood in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
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American smooth dogfish in CommonParlance
- definition found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas
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American spelling in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the United States (characterized by ‘analyze’, ‘center’, ‘usable’)
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American spicebush in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
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American spikenard in CommonParlance
- definition unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
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American star grass in CommonParlance
- definition perennial star grass of North America
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American state in CommonParlance
- definition one of the 50 states of the United States
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American sweet chestnut in CommonParlance
- definition large tree found from Maine to Alabama
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American sweet gum in CommonParlance
- definition a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap