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
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Terms in this context
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Copernican in CommonParlance
- definition of radical or major importance
- definition according to Copernicus
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Copernican system in CommonParlance
- definition (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun
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Copernicia alba in CommonParlance
- definition South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
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Copernicia australis in CommonParlance
- definition South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax
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Copernicia cerifera in CommonParlance
- definition Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
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Copernicia prunifera in CommonParlance
- definition Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax
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Coprinus atramentarius in CommonParlance
- definition having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have matured
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Coprinus comatus in CommonParlance
- definition common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores
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Copt in CommonParlance
- definition an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
- definition a member of the Coptic Church
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Coptic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art
- definition the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
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Coptic Church in CommonParlance
- definition the ancient Christian church of Egypt
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Coptic language in CommonParlance
- definition the liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet
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Coptis groenlandica in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
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Coptis trifolia groenlandica in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
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Coracias garrulus in CommonParlance
- definition common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
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Coragyps atratus in CommonParlance
- definition American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
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Corallorhiza maculata in CommonParlance
- definition common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada
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Corallorhiza striata in CommonParlance
- definition nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
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Corallorhiza trifida in CommonParlance
- definition plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska
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Cordarone in CommonParlance
- definition an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective
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Cordia alliodora in CommonParlance
- definition large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
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Cordia gerascanthus in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American timber tree
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Cordyline australis in CommonParlance
- definition elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
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Cordyline terminalis in CommonParlance
- definition shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
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Coregonus artedi in CommonParlance
- definition important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America