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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blue cohosh in CommonParlance
- definition tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
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blue columbine in CommonParlance
- definition columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers
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blue copperas in CommonParlance
- definition hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
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blue crab in CommonParlance
- definition Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
- definition bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
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blue curls in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
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blue daisy in CommonParlance
- definition hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
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blue darter in CommonParlance
- definition bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight
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blue devil in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
- definition the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
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blue devils in CommonParlance
- definition a state of depression
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blue elder in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
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blue elderberry in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
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blue false indigo in CommonParlance
- definition wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers
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blue fig in CommonParlance
- definition the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
- definition Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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blue flag in CommonParlance
- definition a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
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blue fleabane in CommonParlance
- definition widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
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blue fox in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat
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blue funk in CommonParlance
- definition a state of nervous depression
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blue goose in CommonParlance
- definition North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter
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blue grama in CommonParlance
- definition a pasture grass of western North America
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blue grass in CommonParlance
- definition any of various grasses of the genus Poa
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blue green in CommonParlance
- definition a blue-green color or pigment
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blue gum in CommonParlance
- definition tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
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blue jack in CommonParlance
- definition small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
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blue jasmine in CommonParlance
- definition climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
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blue jay in CommonParlance
- definition common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast