Usually means: Common, non-systematic chemical compound name.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. trivial name: Merriam-Webster
  2. trivial name: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trivial name: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trivial name: Wordnik
  5. trivial name: Wiktionary
  6. trivial name: Dictionary.com
  7. Trivial name: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. trivial name: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. trivial name: FreeDictionary.org
  10. trivial name: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trivial name: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trivial name: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. trivial name: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. trivial name: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (trivial name)

noun:  (chemistry) A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
noun:  A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).
noun:  (biology) A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism.
noun:  (taxonomy) A specific epithet.

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