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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape;
[syn: generic, generic wine]

2. any product that can be sold without a brand name;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus;
- Example: "the generic name"

2. (of drugs) not protected by trademark;
- Example: "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"

3. applicable to an entire class or group;
- Example: "is there a generic Asian mind?"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Generic \Ge*ner"ic\, Generical \Ge*ner"ic*al\, a. [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. g['e]n['e]rique. See Gender.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name. [WordNet sense 1] [1913 Webster] 2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific. [WordNet sense 3] [1913 Webster] 3. (Commerce) Not protected by trademark; -- used especially of the names of medications; as, a generic drug; the generic name of Rogaine is minoxidil. [WordNet sense 2] [PJC] Note: Since patented medications cannot be sold except under license from the patentee, medication which is still under patent is not typically sold as a generic drug, i.e., sold under its generic name, though it can be referred to by its generic name. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

generic adj 1: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name" 2: (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'" 3: applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?" n 1: a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape [syn: generic, generic wine] [ant: varietal, varietal wine] 2: any product that can be sold without a brand name
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "generic": abstract, bland, broad, collective, common, featureless, general, generalized, indefinite, indeterminate, nebulous, neutral, nonspecific, uncharacterized, undifferentiated, universal, unspecified, vague, wide