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noun

• A product sold under a generic name.

• A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.

• (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.

adjective

• Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.

  Example: "Shrimp" is the generic name for a number of species of sea creature.

• Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.

• (of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.

• Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.

• Relating to gender.

• (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.

• (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.

• (of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.