"garden variety" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-garden variety.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} garden variety (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: common-or-garden, common or garden variety, normal, plain, regular, standard, common, garden-variety [attributive] Related terms: garden shed, officinalis, vulgaris (english: plant varieties found in gardens and/or not exotic), wild type
    Sense id: en-garden_variety-en-adj-ce-9pizF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2

Noun

Audio: en-au-garden variety.ogg [Australia] Forms: garden varieties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} garden variety (plural garden varieties)
  1. (idiomatic) An ordinary, standard kind. Tags: idiomatic Translations (ordinary): Feld-Wald-und-Wiesen- (German), Feld-, Wald- und Wiesen- (German), Wald- und Wiesen- (German), közönséges (Hungarian), egyszerű (Hungarian), hétköznapi (Hungarian), mezei [humorous, informal] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-garden_variety-en-noun-efMsAUoR

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