📖 Definitions of "Generic"
noun
- 1
A product sold under a generic name.
- 2
A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
- 3
(grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
adjective
- 1
Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
""Shrimp" is the generic name for a number of species of sea creature."
- 2
Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- 3
(of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.
- 4
Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
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