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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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Chinese celery in CommonParlance
- definition elongated head of crisp celery-like stalks and light green leaves
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Chinese checkers in CommonParlance
- definition a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
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Chinese chequers in CommonParlance
- definition a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
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Chinese chestnut in CommonParlance
- definition a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
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Chinese chive in CommonParlance
- definition a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum
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Chinese cinnamon in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic bark of the cassia-bark tree; less desirable as a spice than Ceylon cinnamon bark
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Chinese cork oak in CommonParlance
- definition medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark
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Chinese date in CommonParlance
- definition dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
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Chinese deity in CommonParlance
- definition a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
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Chinese elm in CommonParlance
- definition fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament
- definition small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
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Chinese evergreen in CommonParlance
- definition erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves
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Chinese forget-me-not in CommonParlance
- definition biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers
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Chinese fried rice in CommonParlance
- definition boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs
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Chinese goose in CommonParlance
- definition very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag
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Chinese gooseberry in CommonParlance
- definition climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
- definition fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh
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Chinese hibiscus in CommonParlance
- definition large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
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Chinese holly in CommonParlance
- definition dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental
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Chinese jujube in CommonParlance
- definition dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
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Chinese lacquer tree in CommonParlance
- definition small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
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Chinese lantern in CommonParlance
- definition a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors; used for decorative purposes
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Chinese lantern plant in CommonParlance
- definition Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
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Chinese magnolia in CommonParlance
- definition large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America
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Chinese monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China
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Chinese mushroom in CommonParlance
- definition small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem; an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially
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Chinese mustard in CommonParlance
- definition very hot prepared mustard