CommonParlance
Seed
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 jeans in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
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blue jessamine in CommonParlance
- definition climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
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blue jet in CommonParlance
- definition atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
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blue joke in CommonParlance
- definition an indelicate joke
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blue law in CommonParlance
- definition a statute regulating work on Sundays
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blue lotus in CommonParlance
- definition blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia
- definition blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
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blue mahoe in CommonParlance
- definition erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
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blue marguerite in CommonParlance
- definition hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
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blue marlin in CommonParlance
- definition largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
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blue mockingbird in CommonParlance
- definition mockingbird of Mexico
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blue mold fungus in CommonParlance
- definition fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves
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blue moon in CommonParlance
- definition a long time
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blue murder in CommonParlance
- definition an extravagantly loud outcry
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blue note in CommonParlance
- definition a flattened third or seventh
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blue orchid in CommonParlance
- definition famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
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blue pea in CommonParlance
- definition vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
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blue peafowl in CommonParlance
- definition peafowl of India and Ceylon
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blue peter in CommonParlance
- definition a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail
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blue pickerel in CommonParlance
- definition variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
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blue pike in CommonParlance
- definition variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
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blue pikeperch in CommonParlance
- definition variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
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blue pimpernel in CommonParlance
- definition an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
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blue point in CommonParlance
- definition oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
- definition small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
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blue point Siamese in CommonParlance
- definition Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points
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blue pointed in CommonParlance
- definition common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish