generic
noun
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Wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.).
synonym: generic wine.
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Any product that can be sold without a brand name.
adjective
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Relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus.
Roget 78: general, generic, collective; broad, comprehensive, sweeping; encyclopedical†, widespread etc. (dispersed) 73. universal; catholic, catholical†; ... show more
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of drugs Not protected by trademark.
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Applicable to an entire class or group.
Moby thesaurus: abstract, bland, broad, collective, common, featureless, general, generalized, indefinite, indeterminate, nebulous, neutral, nonspecific, uncharacterized, undifferentiated, universal, unspecified, vague, wide.
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