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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Calycanthus occidentalis in CommonParlance
- definition straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers
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Calycophyllum candidissimum in CommonParlance
- definition source of a tough elastic wood
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Calymmatobacterium in CommonParlance
- definition a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale
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Calypso in CommonParlance
- definition (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years
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Calypso bulbosa in CommonParlance
- definition rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf
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Calyptridium umbellatum in CommonParlance
- definition pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
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Calystegia sepium in CommonParlance
- definition common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
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Camassia leichtlinii in CommonParlance
- definition camas found to the west of Cascade Mountains
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Camassia quamash in CommonParlance
- definition plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
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Camassia scilloides in CommonParlance
- definition eastern camas; eastern and central North America
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Camberwell beauty in CommonParlance
- definition of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
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Cambodian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language
- definition a native or inhabitant of Cambodia
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Cambodian monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit in Cambodia
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Cambrian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
- definition a native or resident of Wales
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Camelina sativa in CommonParlance
- definition annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
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Camellia japonica in CommonParlance
- definition greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
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Camellia sinensis in CommonParlance
- definition a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
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Camelus bactrianus in CommonParlance
- definition two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia
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Camelus dromedarius in CommonParlance
- definition one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
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Camembert in CommonParlance
- definition rich soft creamy French cheese
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Cameroon franc in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Cameroon
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Cameroonian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people
- definition a native or inhabitant of Cameroon
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Camorra in CommonParlance
- definition a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
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Campanula americana in CommonParlance
- definition annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers
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Campanula aparinoides in CommonParlance
- definition bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers