Definition of variety

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Variety (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species..

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Mycose :: Mycose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose..
Springer :: Springer (n.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
Hartford :: Hartford (n.) The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds..
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants..
Anthracite :: Anthracite (n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal..
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..
Pyrgom :: Pyrgom (n.) A variety of pyroxene; -- called also fassaite.
Swineery :: Swine-pox (n.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox..
Pleonaste :: Pleonaste (n.) A black variety of spinel.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..
Multifarious :: Multifarious (a.) Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary..
Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..
Fibroin :: Fibroin (n.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass..
Cauliflower :: Cauliflower (n.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable..
Baldhead :: Baldhead (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.
Siscowet :: Siscowet (n.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit..
Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..
Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
Key :: Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as sharp four, flat seven, etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key..
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