common name in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "common name",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "common names",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The common name of an organism or group of organisms is its name that is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name."
      ],
      "id": "simple-common_name-en-noun-O5e6OLON",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "common name"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "common name",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "common names",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Taxonomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The common name of an organism or group of organisms is its name that is known to the general public, rather than its taxonomic or scientific name."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "common name"
}

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"common name" meaning in English

Noun