Common Name Definition

Common Name Sentence Examples

• It wasn't a common name and there was little chance it was a coincidence.

• The term Iris in not only used to describe the genus, it is also the common name for the comprised species.

• Though the fondness of this species for the seeds of flax (Linum) and hemp (Cannabis) has given it its common name in so many European languages,' it feeds largely, if not chiefly in Britain on the seeds of plants of the order Compositae, especially those growing on heaths and commons.

• The igneous formation of which the greater part of the Roman Campagna is, in its superior portion, composed, contains three strata known under the common name of tufa, - the " stony," " granular," and " sandy " tufa, - the last being commonly known as pozzolana.

• The common name in Brazil is preguica, which is equivalent to its English name.