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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Crocodylus porosus in CommonParlance
- definition estuarine crocodile of eastern Asia and Pacific islands
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Crocus sativus in CommonParlance
- definition Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
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Crocuta crocuta in CommonParlance
- definition African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
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Croesus in CommonParlance
- definition a very wealthy man
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Crohn's disease in CommonParlance
- definition a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
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Croix de Guerre in CommonParlance
- definition a French military decoration for gallantry
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Cromwellian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
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Cronartium ribicola in CommonParlance
- definition fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
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Crookes radiometer in CommonParlance
- definition electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight
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Crookes tube in CommonParlance
- definition the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
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Cross in CommonParlance
- definition a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
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Crotalaria sagitallis in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
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Crotalaria spectabilis in CommonParlance
- definition erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
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Crotalus adamanteus in CommonParlance
- definition large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
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Crotalus atrox in CommonParlance
- definition largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
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Crotalus cerastes in CommonParlance
- definition small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
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Crotalus horridus atricaudatus in CommonParlance
- definition southern variety
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Crotalus horridus horridus in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
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Crotalus lepidus in CommonParlance
- definition mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest
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Crotalus mitchellii in CommonParlance
- definition markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of southwestern Arizona and Baja California
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Crotalus scutulatus in CommonParlance
- definition extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico
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Crotalus tigris in CommonParlance
- definition having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico
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Crotalus viridis in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
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Croton bug in CommonParlance
- definition small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
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Croton eluteria in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian shrub with aromatic bark