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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Cultural Revolution in CommonParlance
- definition a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
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Cuminum cyminum in CommonParlance
- definition dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
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Cuniculus paca in CommonParlance
- definition large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
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Cuon alpinus in CommonParlance
- definition fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
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Cupid's bow in CommonParlance
- definition the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow
- definition a curved bow with reversed curve ends
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Cupid's disease in CommonParlance
- definition a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
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Cupid's itch in CommonParlance
- definition a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
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Cupressus abramsiana in CommonParlance
- definition rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species
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Cupressus arizonica in CommonParlance
- definition Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage
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Cupressus goveniana in CommonParlance
- definition small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress
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Cupressus goveniana abramsiana in CommonParlance
- definition rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species
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Cupressus goveniana pigmaea in CommonParlance
- definition rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
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Cupressus guadalupensis in CommonParlance
- definition relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage
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Cupressus lusitanica in CommonParlance
- definition tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa
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Cupressus macrocarpa in CommonParlance
- definition tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting
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Cupressus pigmaea in CommonParlance
- definition rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress
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Cupressus sempervirens in CommonParlance
- definition tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches
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Cuprimine in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis
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Curcuma domestica in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
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Curcuma longa in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
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Curia in CommonParlance
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
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Curie point in CommonParlance
- definition the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
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Curie temperature in CommonParlance
- definition the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
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Curietherapy in CommonParlance
- definition the use of radium in radiation therapy
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Curruca communis in CommonParlance
- definition greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts