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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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black fly in CommonParlance
- definition small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
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black fox in CommonParlance
- definition red fox in the color phase when its pelt is mostly black
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black fritillary in CommonParlance
- definition herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
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black grama in CommonParlance
- definition a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America)
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black greasewood in CommonParlance
- definition low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
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black grouse in CommonParlance
- definition grouse of which the male is bluish-black
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black guillemot in CommonParlance
- definition northern Atlantic guillemot
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black gum in CommonParlance
- definition columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall
- definition a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
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black haw in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
- definition upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America
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black hellebore in CommonParlance
- definition slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
- definition European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
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black hemlock in CommonParlance
- definition large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock
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black henbane in CommonParlance
- definition poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
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black hickory in CommonParlance
- definition smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut
- definition an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
- definition North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
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black hole in CommonParlance
- definition a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
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black horehound in CommonParlance
- definition ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
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black huckleberry in CommonParlance
- definition low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries
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black humor in CommonParlance
- definition the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
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black humour in CommonParlance
- definition the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
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black ice in CommonParlance
- definition a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous
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black kite in CommonParlance
- definition dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion
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black knapweed in CommonParlance
- definition a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized
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black knot in CommonParlance
- definition disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches
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black larch in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
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black lead in CommonParlance
- definition used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
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black letter in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries