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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Christmas bells in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
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Christmas berry in CommonParlance
- definition spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
- definition ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
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Christmas box in CommonParlance
- definition a present given at Christmas for services during the year
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Christmas bush in CommonParlance
- definition Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
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Christmas cactus in CommonParlance
- definition epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
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Christmas cake in CommonParlance
- definition a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas
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Christmas card in CommonParlance
- definition a card expressing a Christmas greeting
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Christmas carol in CommonParlance
- definition joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
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Christmas disease in CommonParlance
- definition a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
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Christmas factor in CommonParlance
- definition coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B
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Christmas fern in CommonParlance
- definition North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
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Christmas flower in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
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Christmas gift in CommonParlance
- definition a present given at Christmas time
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Christmas green in CommonParlance
- definition any of several club mosses having long creeping stems and erect branches
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Christmas holly in CommonParlance
- definition an evergreen tree (Ilex opaca)
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Christmas present in CommonParlance
- definition a present given at Christmas time
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Christmas pudding in CommonParlance
- definition a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
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Christmas rose in CommonParlance
- definition European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
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Christmas star in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
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Christmas stocking in CommonParlance
- definition a stocking that is filled with small Christmas presents
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Christmas tree in CommonParlance
- definition Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
- definition a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
- definition tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
- definition medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
- definition an ornamented evergreen used as a Christmas decoration
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Christmasberry in CommonParlance
- definition spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
- definition ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
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Christmastide in CommonParlance
- definition period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
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Christmastime in CommonParlance
- definition period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
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Christocentrism in CommonParlance
- definition the placing of Christ at the center of one's thought, actions, or theological system.