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Meanings of generic word in English

General term.

Usage of generic word in English
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Botox is a trade mark and is not a generic word.
The Irish Times
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Each of them is represented by a generic word.
The Century Vocabulary Builder
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A generic word, in explaining which the Indians hold up both hands to denote perpendicular walls.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
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This is the generic word for 'fall.'
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
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The Egyptians themselves had no generic word for sphinxes, each one (and there were hundreds of them) having a name of its own.
The folklore of discworld
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Which of the following generic words has not yet been trademarked by Apple?
Reuters
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The smart way to use Twitter is to search for more generic words or phrases, he said.
Reuters
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'Shame' was the generic word which now summarised to herself her thought of her conduct in proposing to Leonard.
The Man
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