trivial name

/ trĭv′ē-əl /

1. A common or vernacular name as distinguished from a scientific name, as chimpanzee for Pan troglodytes.
2. A common, historic, or convenient name for a substance. The trivial name is often derived from the source in which the substance was discovered. It is not systematic and is not used in modern official nomenclature. Sucrose is the trivial name for β α
3. Compare chemical name

Example Sentences

The trivial name purpurea is not a very happy one, for the blossoms though generally purple, are sometimes of a pure white.

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I give the Latin on account of the savoriness of the trivial name.

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Targioni does not think that it is of ancient date in Italy,477 and the trivial name trafoglio strengthens his opinion.

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Mackenzie has described that branch of them, who are called by the trivial name of Che-pe-wyans.

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Few other British birds have, therefore, a more unassailable right to their trivial name.

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