[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

generic \gener"ic\, generical \gener"ical\, a. l. genus,
   generis, race, kind: cf. f. g'en'erique. 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
see also:
gender specific generic drug 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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?"

[3] : 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

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