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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common bamboo in CommonParlance
- definition extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
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common barberry in CommonParlance
- definition upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries
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common barley in CommonParlance
- definition grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
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common basil in CommonParlance
- definition annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs
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common bean in CommonParlance
- definition the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
- definition any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
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common bean plant in CommonParlance
- definition the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
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common bearberry in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
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common beech in CommonParlance
- definition large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
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common beet in CommonParlance
- definition biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
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common bile duct in CommonParlance
- definition a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
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common birch in CommonParlance
- definition European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
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common bird cherry in CommonParlance
- definition small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
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common blackfish in CommonParlance
- definition small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
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common bog rosemary in CommonParlance
- definition erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
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common booklouse in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of booklouse
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common box in CommonParlance
- definition large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
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common brant goose in CommonParlance
- definition the best known variety of brant goose
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common broom in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
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common burdock in CommonParlance
- definition a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
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common buttercup in CommonParlance
- definition perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America
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common calamint in CommonParlance
- definition mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe
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common camas in CommonParlance
- definition plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
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common canary in CommonParlance
- definition native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song
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common caper in CommonParlance
- definition prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled
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common cardinal vein in CommonParlance
- definition the major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins