2[uncountable] the act of inventing something Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press. [countable, uncountable] the act of inventing a story or an idea and pretending that it is true; a story invented in this way This story is apparently a complete invention.

noun. the act of inventing.

The word Coke is a trademark of the Coca-Cola Company. It is a proper noun and should always be capitalized.

Michael Ames, This space for rent. Short Answer: No. Vegetable names are common nouns. They denote a class or category of item, rather than a specific individual, place, or organization.

Is ‘mango’ a common noun or a proper noun? It is a common noun. Because even though ‘mango’ is a specific type of fruit, it is a class of fruits and not just one specific fruit.

A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.

Common nouns are words that apply to lots of different things—book. Proper nouns are capitalized to show that they refer to one specific thing—Jane Eyre. Fruit is common. Nouns can be divided into count or non-count (mass, uncountable).

Sunflower is a common noun. SUNFLOWER IS A NAME OF A PLANT. IF IT IS A NAME OF A THING ABOUT WHICH THE LISTENER OR THE READER KNOWS,IT IS A PROPER NOUN. FOR EXAMPLE,IF I SAY,’MY DOG, SUNFLOWER IS SLEEPING’,YOU KNOW THAT IT IS MY DOG.SO,IT IS A PROPER NOUN.

The common names of flowers are not proper nouns. They are common nouns. The scientific names of flowers, however, are proper nouns.

sunflower used as a noun: Any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and color of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers; the commonly cultivated sunflower is Helianthus annuus, a native of America.