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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Colombian peso in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos
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Colonel Blimp in CommonParlance
- definition any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
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Coloradan in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Colorado
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Colorado River hemp in CommonParlance
- definition tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
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Colorado beetle in CommonParlance
- definition black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
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Colorado blue spruce in CommonParlance
- definition tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
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Colorado fir in CommonParlance
- definition medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
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Colorado four o'clock in CommonParlance
- definition wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
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Colorado potato beetle in CommonParlance
- definition black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
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Colorado spruce in CommonParlance
- definition tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
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Colossian in CommonParlance
- definition a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia
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Colt in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of revolver
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Coluber constrictor in CommonParlance
- definition blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
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Coluber constrictor flaviventris in CommonParlance
- definition bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas
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Coluber hippocrepis in CommonParlance
- definition slender fast-moving Eurasian snake
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Columba fasciata in CommonParlance
- definition wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
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Columba livia in CommonParlance
- definition pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
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Columba palumbus in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
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Columbia tiger lily in CommonParlance
- definition lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
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Columbian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to Christopher Columbus
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Columbus Day in CommonParlance
- definition a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
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Colutea arborescens in CommonParlance
- definition yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
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Comanche in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma
- definition the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
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Comanche language in CommonParlance
- definition the Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche
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Comandra pallida in CommonParlance
- definition woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers