English Explanatory Dictionary

common name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
  2. A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.

Word forms

common name common names

Synonyms

vernacular name trivial name
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