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
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Terms in this context
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Cashmere goat in CommonParlance
- definition Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool
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Casmerodius albus in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed Old World white egret
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Cassegrainian telescope in CommonParlance
- definition a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
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Cassia acutifolia in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia alata in CommonParlance
- definition tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia augustifolia in CommonParlance
- definition erect shrub having racemes of tawny yellow flowers; the dried leaves are used medicinally as a cathartic; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia auriculata in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia fasciculata in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia fistula in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia
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Cassia grandis in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
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Cassia javonica in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-colored to orange and red
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Cassia marginata in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
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Cassia marilandica in CommonParlance
- definition North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassia occidentalis in CommonParlance
- definition very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia
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Cassia roxburghii in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
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Cassia tora in CommonParlance
- definition cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Cassin's kingbird in CommonParlance
- definition a kingbird seen in the southwestern United States; largely grey with a yellow abdomen
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Cassiope mertensiana in CommonParlance
- definition heath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowers
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Cassite in CommonParlance
- definition an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
- definition a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
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Cassite language in CommonParlance
- definition an ancient language spoken by the Kassites
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Castanea chrysophylla in CommonParlance
- definition small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
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Castanea crenata in CommonParlance
- definition a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
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Castanea dentata in CommonParlance
- definition large tree found from Maine to Alabama
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Castanea mollissima in CommonParlance
- definition a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
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Castanea ozarkensis in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States