Nouns starting with C

• common beech — Noun – English ～ large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
• common ax — Noun – English ～ an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
• common amsinckia — Noun – English ～ annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
• common chickweed — Noun – English ～ a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
• common cold — Noun – English ～ a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"
• common bean — Noun – English ～ the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
• common basil — Noun – English ～ 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
• common carotid artery — Noun – English ～ runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
• common axe — Noun – English ～ an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
• common buttercup — Noun – English ～ perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America
• common carotid — Noun – English ～ runs upward in the neck and divides into the external and internal carotid arteries
• common cockscomb — Noun – English ～ garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
• common bean — Noun – English ～ any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried
• common comfrey — Noun – English ～ European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
• common bamboo — Noun – English ～ extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
• common chord — Noun – English ～ a three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones
• common box — Noun – English ～ large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures
• common broom — Noun – English ～ deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
• common birch — Noun – English ～ European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
• common canary — Noun – English ～ native to the Canary Islands and Azores; popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song

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