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• noun the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language
  

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• noun the lower house of the British parliament
  British House of Commons.
  

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• noun small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms
  Ageratum houstonianum.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
  Alnus glutinosa; European black alder; Alnus vulgaris.
  

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• noun vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
  golden trumpet; Allamanda cathartica.
  

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• noun shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
  Alosa sapidissima.
  

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• noun annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
  Amsinckia intermedia.
  

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• a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell.

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• a similar right applying to lands in other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those which are generally commonable, as hogs.

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• noun temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits
  Prunus armeniaca.
  

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• noun a weed
  

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• noun an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
  common ax; Dayton axe; Dayton ax.
  

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• noun an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
  common ax; Dayton axe; Dayton ax.
  

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• noun extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
  Bambusa vulgaris.
  

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• (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.

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• noun upright deciduous European shrub widely naturalized in United States having clusters of juicy berries
  European barberry; Berberis vulgaris.
  

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• noun grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
  Hordeum vulgare.
  

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• (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation.

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• noun 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
  Ocimum basilicum; sweet basil.
  

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• noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
  Phaseolus vulgaris; common bean.
  
• noun any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
  

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• noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
  Phaseolus vulgaris; common bean.
  

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• noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
  sand berry; mountain box; creashak; wild cranberry; mealberry; bear's grape; sandberry; hog cranberry; Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; red bearberry.
  

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• the right of the inhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have usually intercommoned with one another, to let their beasts stray into the other's fields.

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• noun large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
  European beech; Fagus sylvatica.
  

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• noun biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
  beet; Beta vulgaris.
  

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• a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas.

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• noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
  bile duct.
  

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• noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
  European white birch; silver birch; Betula pendula.
  

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• noun small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
  Prunus padus; European bird cherry; hagberry tree.
  

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• noun small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
  black whale; blackfish; Globicephala melaena; pilot whale.
  

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• noun 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
  Andromeda polifolia; marsh andromeda.
  

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• noun a variety of booklouse
  Trogium pulsatorium.
  

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• noun large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
  Buxus sempervirens; European box.
  

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• noun the best known variety of brant goose
  Branta bernicla.
  

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• (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler.

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• noun deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
  Scotch broom; green broom; Cytisus scoparius.
  

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• noun a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
  Arctium minus; lesser burdock.
  

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• noun perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America
  Ranunculus bulbosus.
  

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• noun mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe
  Calamintha sylvatica; Satureja calamintha officinalis.
  

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• noun 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
  Camassia quamash.
  

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• noun native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song
  Serinus canaria.
  

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• noun prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled
  Capparis spinosa.
  

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• noun the major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins
  

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• noun Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
  Carlina vulgaris.
  

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• noun runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
  common carotid.
  

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• noun runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
  common carotid.
  

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• noun a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
  carrier.
  

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• (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.

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• noun a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
  Stellaria media.
  

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• noun a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
  triad.
  

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• (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth.

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• noun garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
  Celosia cristata; cockscomb; Celosia argentea cristata.
  

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• noun a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
  cold.
  
  • will they never find a cure for the common cold?

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• noun European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
  boneset; Symphytum officinale.
  

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• noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  cry-baby tree; Erythrina crista-galli; ceibo; crybaby tree.
  

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• noun widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb; often a weed
  Valerianella olitoria; Valerianella locusta; lamb's lettuce.
  

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• noun having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
  Eriophorum angustifolium.
  

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• the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other munisipal corporation.

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• the crier of a town or city.

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• noun low-growing Eurasian plant with yellow central disc flowers and pinkish-white outer ray flowers
  English daisy; Bellis perennis.
  

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• noun Eurasian plant widely naturalized as a weed in North America; used as salad greens and to make wine
  Taraxacum officinale; Taraxacum ruderalia.
  

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• noun an integer that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
  
• noun an attribute that is common to all members of a category
  

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; devil's claw; common devil's claw; proboscis flower.
  

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• noun an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
  common divisor; common factor.
  

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• (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure.

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• noun North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
  Apocynum androsaemifolium; spreading dogbane; rheumatism weed.
  

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• noun black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water;
  Delphinus delphis.
  

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• noun of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
  Lemna minor; lesser duckweed.
  

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• noun eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
  freshwater eel.
  

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• noun dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa
  Taurotragus oryx.
  

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• noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
  black elder; bourtree; elderberry; European elder; Sambucus nigra.
  

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• noun the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth
  Christian era.
  
• adverb of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians
  C.E.; CE.
  
  • in 200 CE

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• noun tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
  Fraxinus excelsior; European ash.
  

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• noun European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
  pedwood; blood-twig; red dogwood; Cornus sanguinea.
  

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• noun sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
  Forficula auricularia.
  

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• noun fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings
  Garullus garullus.
  

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• noun a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe
  Oenothera biennis; German rampion.
  

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• noun vein formed by union of facial vein and the retromandibular vein and emptying into the jugular vein
  

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• noun an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
  common divisor; common factor.
  

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• noun a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
  common fate.
  

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• noun an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall
  gravity fault; normal fault.
  

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• noun strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed; leaves and seeds used for seasoning
  Foeniculum vulgare.
  
• noun leaves used for seasoning
  fennel.
  

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• noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
  common fig; fig; Ficus carica.
  

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• noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
  common fig; fig; Ficus carica.
  

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• noun low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
  Playlobium obtusangulum; native holly.
  

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• noun common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon
  marvel-of-Peru; Mirabilis uniflora; Mirabilis jalapa.
  

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• noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  fairy bell; Digitalis purpurea; fingerroot; fingerflower; finger-flower; finger-root.
  

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• noun the quotient of two integers
  simple fraction.
  

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• noun a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together
  
  • the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table

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• noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
  Lepidium sativum; garden pepper cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
  

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• noun a garter snake that is widespread in North America
  Thamnophis sirtalis.
  

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• (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.

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• noun tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
  Zingiber officinale; Canton ginger; stem ginger.
  

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• noun the good of a community
  commonweal.
  

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• noun prolific species having particularly beautiful dark blue flowers
  Muscari neglectum.
  

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• noun common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes
  vinifera; Vitis vinifera; vinifera grape.
  

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• noun a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding
  

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• noun shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
  Cistus ladanifer; Cistus ladanum.
  

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• noun small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers
  blunt-leaf heath; Epacris obtusifolia.
  
• noun spindly upright shrub of southern Australia and Tasmania having white to rose or purple-red flowers
  Epacris impressa.
  

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• noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
  bine; common hop; European hop; Humulus lupulus.
  

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• noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
  bine; common hop; European hop; Humulus lupulus.
  

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• noun European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring
  Marrubium vulgare; white horehound.
  

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• noun of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
  Equisetum arvense; field horsetail.
  

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• noun widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers
  Hyacinthus orientalis.
  

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• noun large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
  Iguana iguana; iguana.
  

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• noun terminal branches of the abdominal aorta
  

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• noun formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava
  

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• a common annexed to a man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone.

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• noun Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
  Hedera helix; English ivy; ivy.
  

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• noun a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
  jessamine; Jasminum officinale; true jasmine.
  

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• noun densely branching shrub or small tree having pungent blue berries used to flavor gin; widespread in northern hemisphere; only conifer on coasts of Iceland and Greenland
  Juniperus communis.
  

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• noun widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands
  Lampropeltis getulus.
  

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• noun anything generally known to everyone
  

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• noun an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
  Laburnum anagyroides; golden chain; golden rain.
  

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• noun pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip
  Cypripedium reginae; showy lady slipper; Cypripedium album; showy lady's-slipper.
  

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• noun a pasture subject to common use
  commons.
  

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• noun (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  case law; precedent.
  
• noun a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
  case law; precedent.
  
  • common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States

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• a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. Wharton. It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.

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• one versed in common law.

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• noun annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
  garden lettuce; Lactuca sativa.
  

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• (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public.

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• noun large European lilac naturalized in North America having heart-shaped ovate leaves and large panicles of highly fragrant lilac or white flowers
  Syringa vulgaris.
  

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• noun marine limpet
  Patella vulgata.
  

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• noun a logarithm to the base 10
  

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• noun head or body louse
  Pediculus humanus.
  

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• noun of northern Eurasia
  Lynx lynx.
  

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• noun important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
  Scomber scombrus; shiner.
  

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• noun California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
  Madia elegans; common madia.
  

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• noun delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
  Venushair; Venus'-hair fern; Adiantum capillus-veneris; Venus maidenhair; southern maidenhair.
  

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• noun annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States
  Malva neglecta.
  

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• noun a person who holds no title
  common man; commoner.
  

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• noun the common European annual marigold
  pot marigold; Calendula officinalis; ruddles; Scotch marigold.
  

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• noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  Europe; European Community; EC; European Economic Community; EU; European Union; EEC.
  
  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

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• noun deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
  Duke of Argyll's tea tree; Lycium barbarum; Lycium halimifolium.
  

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• noun a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
  quadruple time; common measure; four-four time.
  
• noun an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly
  common divisor; common factor.
  
• noun the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
  common measure.
  

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• noun the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
  common measure.
  

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• noun small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
  Polygala vulgaris; gand flower.
  

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• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  declarative mood; declarative; indicative; indicative mood; fact mood.
  

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• noun a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits
  Canada moonseed; yellow parilla; Menispermum canadense.
  

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• noun of America and Eurasia and Australia
  Botrychium lunaria; moonwort.
  

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• noun an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges
  sponge morel; sponge mushroom; Morchella esculenta.
  

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• noun annual or perennial climbing herb of Central America having sky-blue flowers; most commonly cultivated morning glory
  Ipomoea tricolor.
  
• noun pantropical annual climbing herb with funnel-shaped blue, purple, pink or white flowers
  Ipomoea purpurea.
  

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• noun common house mosquito
  Culex pipiens.
  

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• noun European tufted aromatic perennial herb having hairy red or purple stems and dark green leaves downy white below and red-brown florets
  Artemisia vulgaris.
  

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• noun tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
  woolly mullein; Aaron's rod; great mullein; torch; flannel mullein; Verbascum thapsus.
  

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• noun an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers
  

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• (Arith.) See under Multiple.

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• noun the most frequent variety of murre
  Uria aalge.
  

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• noun European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
  Myrtus communis.
  

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• noun Australian clover fern
  nardoo; Marsilea drummondii; nardo.
  

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• noun small semiaquatic salamander
  Triturus vulgaris.
  

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• noun Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
  black nightshade; poisonberry; Solanum nigrum; poison-berry.
  

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• noun a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
  

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• (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing).

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• noun a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public
  public nuisance.
  
  • a public nuisance offends the public at large

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• (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large.

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• noun Old World nutcracker
  Nucifraga caryocatactes.
  

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• noun medium to large deciduous European oak having smooth leaves with rounded lobes; yields hard strong light-colored wood
  English oak; Quercus robur; pedunculate oak.
  

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• the right of taking wood from another's estate.

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• the right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Burill.

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• the right of fishing in waters belonging to another.

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• the right of digging turf upon the ground of another.

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• noun omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America
  Didelphis virginiana; Didelphis marsupialis.
  

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• adjective satellite the usual or familiar type
  
  • it is a common or garden sparrow

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• noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
  hemp willow; velvet osier; Salix viminalis.
  

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• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; garden pea plant.
  

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• noun people in general (often used in the plural)
  folks; folk.
  
  • they're just country folk
  • folks around here drink moonshine
  • the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next

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• noun climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
  pepper; Piper nigrum; black pepper; Madagascar pepper; white pepper.
  

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• noun a person who holds no title
  common man; commoner.
  

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• noun perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
  huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea.
  

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• noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
  whiteman's foot; Plantago major; cart-track plant; white-man's foot; broad-leaved plantain.
  

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• one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, botth civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a county court. Its powers are generally defined by statute.

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• noun any of various widely distributed plums grown in the cooler temperate areas
  Prunus domestica.
  

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• noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
  golden maidenhair; sweet fern; wall fern; golden polypody; adder's fern; Polypodium vulgare.
  

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• noun a variety of water strider
  Gerris lacustris.
  

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• the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer.

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• noun deciduous semi-evergreen shrub used for hedges
  Ligustrum vulgare.
  

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• noun weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
  pussly; pussley; Portulaca oleracea; verdolagas.
  

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• noun North American raccoon
  Procyon lotor; ringtail; coon; common raccoon.
  

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• noun North American raccoon
  Procyon lotor; ringtail; coon; common raccoon.
  

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• noun annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally
  Ambrosia artemisiifolia.
  

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• noun tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
  carrizo; Phragmites communis; ditch reed.
  

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• noun a sitting room (usually at school or university)
  

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• noun large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
  fin whale; finback; finback whale; Balaenoptera physalus.
  

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• noun showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers
  swamp rose mallow; rose mallow; Hibiscus moscheutos; swamp mallow.
  

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• noun intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
  Ascaris lumbricoides.
  

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• noun tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
  bulrush; soft rush; Juncus effusus; bullrush.
  

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• noun shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
  Salvia officinalis; ramona.
  

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• noun a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)
  sodium chloride.
  
• noun white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
  salt; table salt.
  

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• a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all.

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• noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
  nagger; scold; nag; scolder.
  

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• (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public.

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• noun a variety of scoter
  Melanitta nigra.
  

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• noun a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
  Cochlearia officinalis; scurvy grass.
  

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• noun small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
  Phoca vitulina; harbor seal.
  

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• a seal adopted and used by a corporation .

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• noun sound practical judgment
  gumption; mother wit; horse sense; good sense; sense.
  
  • Common sense is not so common
  • he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
  • fortunately she had the good sense to run away

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• . (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. Obs. Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.

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• noun stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections
  ordinary shares; common shares.
  
  • over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks

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• noun the common North American shiner
  Notropis cornutus; silversides.
  

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• noun common American shrew
  Sorex araneus.
  

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• noun small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
  Falcatifolium falciforme.
  

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• noun large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite
  Chelydra serpentina; snapper.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
  Symphoricarpos alba; waxberry; snowberry.
  

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• noun an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
  buck private; private.
  
  • our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value

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• noun large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces
  sorrel.
  

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• noun common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes
  Veronica officinalis; gypsyweed.
  

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• noun small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit
  Euonymus europaeus.
  

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• noun pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
  Platalea leucorodia.
  

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• noun European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
  Dactylorhiza fuchsii; Dactylorhiza maculata fuchsii.
  

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• noun deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
  tutsan; Hypericum androsaemum.
  

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• noun commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
  Platycerium alcicorne; elkhorn fern; Platycerium bifurcatum.
  

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• noun gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide
  Sturnus vulgaris.
  

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• noun a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
  Phallus impudicus.
  

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• noun stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections
  ordinary shares; common shares.
  
  • over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks

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• noun preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock
  

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• noun annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America
  Helianthus annuus; mirasol.
  

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• noun California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
  Madia elegans; common madia.
  

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• noun teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth
  Dipsacus fullonum.
  

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• noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
  jimsonweed; Jamestown weed; apple of Peru; jimson weed; Datura stramonium.
  

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• noun common aromatic garden perennial native to the western Mediterranean; used in seasonings and formerly as medicine
  Thymus vulgaris.
  

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• noun a time signature indicating four beats to the bar
  quadruple time; common measure; four-four time.
  

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• (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions.

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• noun tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves
  Nicotiana tabacum.
  

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• noun a yellow quartz
  topaz; false topaz.
  

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• noun the property of appealing to people in general (usually by appearing to have qualities in common with them)
  

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; devil's claw; common devil's claw; proboscis flower.
  

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• noun tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
  Valeriana officinalis; garden heliotrope.
  

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• noun scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
  yellow vetchling; meadow pea; Lathyrus pratensis.
  

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• noun small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
  adder; Vipera berus.
  

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• noun a small wallaby having a height of 30 inches
  Macropus agiles.
  

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• noun a benign growth (often with a rough surface)
  

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• noun a variety of vespid wasp
  Vespula vulgaris.
  

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• noun in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
  Nerodia sipedon; banded water snake; Natrix sipedon.
  

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• noun perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere
  Nasturtium officinale; Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum.
  

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• noun widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties for its commercially important grain
  Triticum aestivum.
  

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• noun deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
  eastern flowering dogwood; Cornus florida.
  

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• noun a holly shrub
  

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• noun smallest flowering plants known; of the Americas
  Wolffia columbiana.
  

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• noun Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
  shamrock; Oxalis acetosella; cuckoo bread.
  

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• noun aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
  old man; Artemisia absinthium; lad's love; absinthe.
  

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• noun a year that is not a leap year
  365 days.
  

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• noun an American warbler
  Geothlypis trichas; Maryland yellowthroat.
  

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• noun medium-sized tree of South Africa
  Afrocarpus falcata; bastard yellowwood.
  

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• noun of the plains of central and eastern Africa
  Burchell's zebra; Equus Burchelli.
  

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• adjective satellite based on common law
  
  • a common-law right

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• noun a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
  

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Fel"low-com"mon*er noun

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1. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.

Webster 1913

• one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford.

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• noun United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
  Bryan; Boy Orator of the Platte; William Jennings Bryan.
  

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• noun the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers
  greatest common factor; greatest common divisor.
  

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• noun the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers
  greatest common factor; greatest common divisor.
  

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• noun the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers
  greatest common factor; greatest common divisor.
  

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• noun the lower house of the British parliament
  British House of Commons.
  

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• adverb sharing equally with another or others
  
  • we have several things in common
  • in common with other companies they advertise widely

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• equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally.

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• noun a Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unit
  common fate.
  

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• noun the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
  lcm; least common multiple.
  
  • the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36

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• noun the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers
  lcm; least common multiple.
  
  • the least common multiple of 12 and 18 is 36

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• uncommon; extraordinary.

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• one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.

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• ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.

  I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole.

  Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. Prof. Wilson.

  His whole appearance was something out of the common run. W. Irving.

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• to have small allowance of food. Colloq.

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• to join with in purposes and aims.
• to join or ally one's self with.

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