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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Chlamydosaurus kingi in CommonParlance
- definition large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
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Chlamyphorus truncatus in CommonParlance
- definition very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
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Chlor-Trimeton in CommonParlance
- definition an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton)
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Chloris gayana in CommonParlance
- definition perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions
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Chloris truncata in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill
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Chloromycetin in CommonParlance
- definition an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever)
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Chlorophoneus nigrifrons in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of bush shrike
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Chlorophyllum molybdites in CommonParlance
- definition a poisonous agaric with a fibrillose cap and brown scales on a white ground color; cap can reach a diameter of 30 cm; often forms ‘fairy rings’
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Chlorophyta in CommonParlance
- definition large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
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Chloroxylon swietenia in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood
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Chlorura chlorura in CommonParlance
- definition towhee of the Rocky Mountains
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Choctaw in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama
- definition the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw
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Choctaw language in CommonParlance
- definition the Muskhogean language of the Choctaw
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Choeronycteris mexicana in CommonParlance
- definition small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose
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Choloepus didactylus in CommonParlance
- definition relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
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Choloepus hoffmanni in CommonParlance
- definition a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot
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Chondrus crispus in CommonParlance
- definition dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
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Chopin in CommonParlance
- definition the music of Chopin
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Choriotis australis in CommonParlance
- definition popular Australian game bird
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Chorizagrotis auxiliaris in CommonParlance
- definition larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states
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Chou in CommonParlance
- definition the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
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Chou dynasty in CommonParlance
- definition the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
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Chow in CommonParlance
- definition the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
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Chow dynasty in CommonParlance
- definition the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
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Christ Within in CommonParlance
- definition a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul