Appellative

Ap`pel´la`tive

a.	1.	Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
	2.	(Gram.) Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.
n.	1.	A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie.
	2.	An appellation or title; a descriptive name. God chosen it for one of his appellatives to be the Defender of them. - Jer. Taylor.

Noun	1.	appellative - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonyms: appellation, designation, denomination
Adj.	1.	appellative - pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
	2.	appellative - inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites" Synonyms: naming