Usually means: Common name used by locals.
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General (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Vernacular name: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  2. vernacular name: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (vernacular name)

noun:  (taxonomy) A name other than a taxonomic name, in a vernacular language, used to refer to an organism, often corresponding to a taxonomic name, but often not.
noun:  (chemistry) A name that does not unambiguously define a substance.

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