common name
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common name
noun common names
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The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
Near-synonym: trivial name
Similar: vernacular name, trivial name
- A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.
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noun a name by which an organism is known to the general public
| Español | nombre común |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 속명 songmyeong |
| 日本語 | 俗名 zokumei, 俗称 zokushō |
| 中文 | 俗名 súmíng |
| Português | nome comum, nome popular, nome vernáculo |
| Français | nom vernaculaire |
| Deutsch | Trivialname |
| Русский | обихо́дное назва́ние obixódnoje nazvánije, наро́дное назва́ние naródnoje nazvánije, просторе́чное назва́ние prostoréčnoje nazvánije, общеупотреби́тельное назва́ние obščeupotrebítelʹnoje nazvánije, вернакуля́рное и́мя vernakuljárnoje ímja |
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@misc{common_name_2026,
title = {common name},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/common%20name},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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