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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Cape kafferboom in CommonParlance
- definition small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds; yields a light soft wood used for fence posts or shingles
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Cape lobster in CommonParlance
- definition small lobster of southern Africa
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Cape periwinkle in CommonParlance
- definition commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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Cape primrose in CommonParlance
- definition any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
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Cape tulip in CommonParlance
- definition spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
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Capetian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
- definition a member of the Capetian dynasty
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Capetian dynasty in CommonParlance
- definition a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328
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Capoten in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure
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Cappadocian in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its people or culture
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Capparis arborea in CommonParlance
- definition small Australian tree bearing edible fruit resembling the pomegranate
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Capparis cynophallophora in CommonParlance
- definition shrub of southern Florida to West Indies
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Capparis flexuosa in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America
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Capparis mitchellii in CommonParlance
- definition small Australian tree bearing edible dark purple fruit
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Capparis spinosa in CommonParlance
- definition prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled
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Capra aegagrus in CommonParlance
- definition wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions
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Capra falconeri in CommonParlance
- definition large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
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Capra hircus in CommonParlance
- definition any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool
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Capra ibex in CommonParlance
- definition wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns
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Capreolus capreolus in CommonParlance
- definition small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers
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Capricorn in CommonParlance
- definition (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
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Caprimulgus carolinensis in CommonParlance
- definition large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
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Caprimulgus europaeus in CommonParlance
- definition Old World goatsucker
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Caprimulgus vociferus in CommonParlance
- definition American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
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Capros aper in CommonParlance
- definition fish with a projecting snout
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Capsella bursa-pastoris in CommonParlance
- definition white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed