Usually means: Generally recognized name among public.
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  1. Common-name: Wordnik
  2. common name: Wiktionary
  3. common name: Dictionary.com
  4. Common name (disambiguation), Common name: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (common name)

noun:  (taxonomy) The name by which an organism or group of organisms is known to the general public.
noun:  (chemistry) A name that unambiguously identifies a substance but is not the IUPAC systematic name.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, name.

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