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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Amerind language in CommonParlance
- definition any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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Amerindian in CommonParlance
- definition any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
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Amerindian language in CommonParlance
- definition any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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Amerindian race in CommonParlance
- definition usually included in the Mongoloid race
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Amerindic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
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Amhara in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia
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Amharic in CommonParlance
- definition related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic
- definition the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact
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Amharic language in CommonParlance
- definition the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact
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Amia calva in CommonParlance
- definition primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
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Amianthum muscaetoxicum in CommonParlance
- definition all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
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Amianthum muscitoxicum in CommonParlance
- definition all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
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Amish in CommonParlance
- definition an American follower of the Mennonite religion
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Amish sect in CommonParlance
- definition an orthodox Anabaptist sect separated from the Mennonites in late 17th century; settled chiefly in southeastern Pennsylvania
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Ammobium alatum in CommonParlance
- definition Australian plant widely cultivated for its beautiful silvery-white blooms with bright yellow centers on long winged stems
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Ammotragus lervia in CommonParlance
- definition wild sheep of northern Africa
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Amniota in CommonParlance
- definition higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development
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Amontillado in CommonParlance
- definition pale medium-dry sherry from Spain
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Amorpha californica in CommonParlance
- definition an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
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Amorpha canescens in CommonParlance
- definition shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
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Amorpha fruticosa in CommonParlance
- definition dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
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Amorphophallus campanulatus in CommonParlance
- definition putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
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Amorphophallus paeonifolius in CommonParlance
- definition putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
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Amorphophallus rivieri in CommonParlance
- definition foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
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Amorphophallus titanum in CommonParlance
- definition malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
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Amoxil in CommonParlance
- definition an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections