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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Argyrotaenia citrana in CommonParlance
- definition California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
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Argyroxiphium sandwicense in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
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Arhant in CommonParlance
- definition one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
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Arhat in CommonParlance
- definition one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
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Arianism in CommonParlance
- definition heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
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Arianist in CommonParlance
- definition an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)
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Aricara in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
- definition the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
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Aricara language in CommonParlance
- definition the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
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Aries in CommonParlance
- definition (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
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Arikara in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river
- definition the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
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Arikara language in CommonParlance
- definition the Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara
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Arilus cristatus in CommonParlance
- definition large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
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Ariocarpus fissuratus in CommonParlance
- definition usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
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Arisaema atrorubens in CommonParlance
- definition common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
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Arisaema dracontium in CommonParlance
- definition early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
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Arisaema triphyllum in CommonParlance
- definition common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
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Arisarum vulgare in CommonParlance
- definition tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe: native to the Mediterranean, Canaries and Azores
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Aristocort in CommonParlance
- definition a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent
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Aristolochia clematitis in CommonParlance
- definition creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
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Aristolochia durior in CommonParlance
- definition hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
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Aristolochia macrophylla in CommonParlance
- definition hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe
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Aristolochia serpentaria in CommonParlance
- definition birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands
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Aristopak in CommonParlance
- definition a synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent
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Aristotelean in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
- definition a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
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Aristotelia racemosa in CommonParlance
- definition graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine