Variet example sentences
va·ri·e·ty
noun
variety (noun) · varieties (plural noun)
- the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony:
- a number or range of things of the same general class that are different or distinct in character or quality:
- a thing which differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type:
- a form of television or theater entertainment consisting of a series of different types of acts, such as singing, dancing, and comedy:
- a taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens var. dulce. Compare with form and subspecies
- a cultivated form of a plant. See cultivar
- a plant or animal which varies in some trivial respect from its immediate parent or type.