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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Terms in this context
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Capsicum annuum cerasiforme in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits
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Capsicum annuum conoides in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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Capsicum annuum grossum in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
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Capsicum annuum longum in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
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Capsicum baccatum in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
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Capsicum frutescens in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
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Capsicum frutescens baccatum in CommonParlance
- definition plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
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Captain Hicks in CommonParlance
- definition the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
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Carafate in CommonParlance
- definition medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
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Caragana arborescens in CommonParlance
- definition large spiny shrub of eastern Asia having clusters of yellow flowers; often cultivated in shelterbelts and hedges
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Caragana sinica in CommonParlance
- definition shrub with dark-green glossy foliage and solitary pale yellow flowers; northern China
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Caranx bartholomaei in CommonParlance
- definition fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, also known as the coolihoo (Caranx bartholomaei)
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Caranx crysos in CommonParlance
- definition fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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Caranx hippos in CommonParlance
- definition fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, also known as the common jack, black-tailed trevally, couvalli jack, black cavalli and yellow cavalli (Caranx hippos)
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Carassius auratus in CommonParlance
- definition small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
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Carassius carassius in CommonParlance
- definition European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
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Carassius vulgaris in CommonParlance
- definition European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
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Caravaggism in CommonParlance
- definition An art style influenced by that of the 16th-century Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio.
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Carboloy in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder; used in making metal-cutting tools
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Carbonarism in CommonParlance
- definition The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari secret society that flourished in Italy, Spain, and France early in the 19th cent.
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Carcharhinus leucas in CommonParlance
- definition a most common shark in temperate and tropical coastal waters worldwide; heavy-bodied and dangerous
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Carcharhinus limbatus in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink
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Carcharhinus longimanus in CommonParlance
- definition large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin; worldwide distribution; most dangerous shark
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Carcharhinus obscurus in CommonParlance
- definition relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
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Carcharhinus plumbeus in CommonParlance
- definition most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states; sluggish and occasionally caught by fishermen