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vernacular name

the common (non-Latin) name for an organism, for example robin is the vernacular name for Erithacus rubecula.

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The Graphic Identity which is referred to by a bold, lively vernacular name of 'Jhakaas Pachaas', presents the story of the last fifty years....and uses the number 'fifty' to show the transition to the present *Suhana flame beginning with the chilli.

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Centuries of relentless persecution had driven the bird, known by its vernacular name as the fork-tailed puttock, to the very brink of extinction.

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Durand & Schinz (Vernacular name Diss); family of Poaceae is a plant native of northern Africa and southern Europe; is perennial and luxuriant growing spontaneously in wild state around the Mediterranean basin.