CommonParlance
Seed
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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Croton tiglium in CommonParlance
- definition tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
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Crow in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
- definition a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
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Crow Nation in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
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Crow language in CommonParlance
- definition a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
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Crown in CommonParlance
- definition the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy
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Crown colony in CommonParlance
- definition a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
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Crown land in CommonParlance
- definition land that belongs to the Crown
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Crusade in CommonParlance
- definition any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Crusader in CommonParlance
- definition a warrior who engages in a holy war
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Cryptacanthodes maculatus in CommonParlance
- definition eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis in CommonParlance
- definition large salamander of North American rivers and streams
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Cryptogramma acrostichoides in CommonParlance
- definition rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
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Cryptogramma crispa in CommonParlance
- definition fern of Europe and Asia Minor having short slender rhizome and densely tufted bright green fronds resembling parsley
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Cryptomeria japonica in CommonParlance
- definition tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
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Cryptoprocta in CommonParlance
- definition large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar
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Cryptoprocta ferox in CommonParlance
- definition largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
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Cryptotermes brevis in CommonParlance
- definition extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
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Cryptotis parva in CommonParlance
- definition small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States
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Cs in CommonParlance
- definition a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal
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Ctenocephalides canis in CommonParlance
- definition flea that attacks dogs and cats
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Ctenocephalides felis in CommonParlance
- definition flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats
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Cu in CommonParlance
- definition a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
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Cub Scout in CommonParlance
- definition a junior Boy Scout
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Cuban in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba
- definition a native or inhabitant of Cuba
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Cuban bast in CommonParlance
- definition erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks