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what is the meaning of generic name and specific epithet?

Generic name is the scientific name of a product which is different from its brand name.

Specific epithet or specific name is the second part of the scientific name that indicates the name of a species.

For example, the scientific name of human is Homo sapiens. Here ‘Homo’ is the generic name and ‘sapiens’ is the specific name.

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generic name means the name of the genus.

and the specific epithet means the name of the species of the organiam .

the word epithet only means name.

like :-  Magniferra indica

here Magniferra is the generic name and indica is the specific epithet.

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