Definition of variety

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Variety (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks..

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Polychromatic :: Polychromatic (a.) Showing a variety, or a change, of colors..
Egg Squash :: Egg squash () A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.
Finnikin :: Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse..
Marrowfat :: Marrowfat (n.) A rich but late variety of pea.
Girasole Girasol :: Girasole Girasol (n.) A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color..
Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..
Fassaite :: Fassaite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol..
Ruby :: Ruby (n.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum..
Borneol :: Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol..
Darnel :: Darnel (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay..
Caliver :: Caliver (n.) An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore..
Talc :: Talc (n.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety..
Indicolite :: Indicolite (n.) A variety of tourmaline of an indigo-blue color.
Varietas :: Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var..
Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..
Variety :: Variety (n.) That which is various.
Toque :: Toque (n.) A variety of the bonnet monkey.
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned..
Breed :: Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance..
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