garden variety



garden variety

A standard, unexceptional, or commonly found kind (of thing). That's just your garden variety house spider; there's no need to be concerned about its bite.
See also: garden, variety

garden variety

Ordinary, common, as in I don't want anything special in a VCR-the garden variety will do. This term alludes to a common plant as opposed to a specially bred hybrid. [Colloquial; 1920]
See also: garden, variety

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ichirouee-chee-ṙo:Japanese
EljasEL-yahsFinnish
Darlenedahr-LEENEnglish
CreeKREEEnglish (Rare)
Scholastica-Late Roman
Jafar-Arabic