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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Cowper's gland in CommonParlance
- definition either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female
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Cox in CommonParlance
- definition either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
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Cox's Orange Pippin in CommonParlance
- definition a yellow Pippin with distinctive flavor
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Cox-1 in CommonParlance
- definition an enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys
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Cox-2 in CommonParlance
- definition an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever
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Cox-2 inhibitor in CommonParlance
- definition an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox-2 activity without impeding the activity of Cox-1; increases the risk of heart attacks
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Coxsackie virus in CommonParlance
- definition enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
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Cr in CommonParlance
- definition a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
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Crab in CommonParlance
- definition (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
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Crambe maritima in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs
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Crataegus aestivalis in CommonParlance
- definition hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves
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Crataegus apiifolia in CommonParlance
- definition southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
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Crataegus biltmoreana in CommonParlance
- definition common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
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Crataegus calpodendron in CommonParlance
- definition erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
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Crataegus coccinea in CommonParlance
- definition American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
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Crataegus coccinea mollis in CommonParlance
- definition American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
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Crataegus crus-galli in CommonParlance
- definition eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
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Crataegus laevigata in CommonParlance
- definition thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
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Crataegus marshallii in CommonParlance
- definition southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
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Crataegus mollis in CommonParlance
- definition American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
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Crataegus monogyna in CommonParlance
- definition European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America
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Crataegus oxyacantha in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe
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Crataegus oxycantha in CommonParlance
- definition thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
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Crataegus pedicellata in CommonParlance
- definition American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
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Crataegus tomentosa in CommonParlance
- definition erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries