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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blue-violet in CommonParlance
- definition of violet tinted with blue
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blue-white in CommonParlance
- definition of white tinged with blue
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blue-winged teal in CommonParlance
- definition American teal
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blueback salmon in CommonParlance
- definition small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
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bluebell in CommonParlance
- definition sometimes placed in genus Scilla
- definition one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
- definition perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
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blueberry in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
- definition sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
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blueberry bush in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries
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blueberry liqueur in CommonParlance
- definition liqueur infused with blueberries, blueberry juice, or blueberry flavoring.
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blueberry pie in CommonParlance
- definition pie containing blueberries and sugar
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blueberry root 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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blueberry soup in CommonParlance
- definition a soup made from blueberries.
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blueberry yogurt in CommonParlance
- definition yogurt with sweetened blueberries or blueberry jam
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bluebill in CommonParlance
- definition diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
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bluebird in CommonParlance
- definition fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
- definition blue North American songbird
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bluebonnet in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
- definition a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side
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bluebottle in CommonParlance
- definition an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
- definition blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
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bluecoat in CommonParlance
- definition a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
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bluefin in CommonParlance
- definition flesh of very large tuna
- definition largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
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bluefin tuna in CommonParlance
- definition flesh of very large tuna
- definition largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics
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bluefish in CommonParlance
- definition bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
- definition fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
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bluegill in CommonParlance
- definition important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
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bluegrass in CommonParlance
- definition any of various grasses of the genus Poa
- definition a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars
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bluehead in CommonParlance
- definition small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
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blueing in CommonParlance
- definition used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- definition a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
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blueish in CommonParlance
- definition of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky