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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Chimaphila umbellata in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
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Chimariko in CommonParlance
- definition a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California
- definition the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko
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Chimariko language in CommonParlance
- definition the Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko
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Chimera in CommonParlance
- definition (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon
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Chimonanthus praecox in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
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Chin in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
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Chin language in CommonParlance
- definition Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
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China aster in CommonParlance
- definition valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors; grown primarily for cutting
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China fleece vine in CommonParlance
- definition twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
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China grass in CommonParlance
- definition tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
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China jute in CommonParlance
- definition tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
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China rose in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses
- definition large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
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China tree in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
- definition tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
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Chinaman in CommonParlance
- definition a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive term for a man of Chinese descent
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Chinawoman in CommonParlance
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive term for a woman of Chinese descent
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Chinchilla laniger in CommonParlance
- definition small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
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Chinese in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language
- definition any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
- definition a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
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Chinese Shan in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in Southwest Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefectures, Baoshan, Simao, and Lincang municipal prefectures
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Chinese alligator in CommonParlance
- definition small alligator of the Yangtze valley of China having unwebbed digits
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Chinese angelica in CommonParlance
- definition similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China
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Chinese angelica tree in CommonParlance
- definition similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China
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Chinese anise in CommonParlance
- definition small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
- definition anise-scented star-shaped fruit or seed used in Asian cooking and medicine
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Chinese black mushroom in CommonParlance
- definition edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe
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Chinese brown sauce in CommonParlance
- definition a sauce based on soy sauce
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Chinese cabbage in CommonParlance
- definition plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
- definition elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves