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 poppy in CommonParlance
- definition Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes
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blue racer in CommonParlance
- definition bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas
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blue ribbon in CommonParlance
- definition an honor or award gained for excellence
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blue ribbon commission in CommonParlance
- definition an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
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blue ribbon committee in CommonParlance
- definition an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
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blue ribbon jury in CommonParlance
- definition a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
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blue runner in CommonParlance
- definition fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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blue sage in CommonParlance
- definition sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation
- definition Texas sage having intensely blue flowers
- definition blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States
- definition aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
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blue shark in CommonParlance
- definition slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
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blue skullcap in CommonParlance
- definition an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
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blue sky in CommonParlance
- definition the sky as viewed during daylight
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blue sky law in CommonParlance
- definition a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises
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blue star in CommonParlance
- definition subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
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blue stem in CommonParlance
- definition tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
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blue stone in CommonParlance
- definition hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
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blue story in CommonParlance
- definition an indelicate joke
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blue succory in CommonParlance
- definition south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays
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blue thistle in CommonParlance
- definition a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
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blue tit in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
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blue toadflax in CommonParlance
- definition North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
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blue tulip in CommonParlance
- definition short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
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blue vitriol in CommonParlance
- definition hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
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blue wall in CommonParlance
- definition the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
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blue wall of silence in CommonParlance
- definition the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
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blue walleye in CommonParlance
- definition variety inhabiting the Great Lakes