variety

noun pl. varieties

1. the state or quality of being various or varied; absence of monotony or sameness
2. a different form of some thing, condition, or quality; sort; kind: varieties of cloth
3. a number of different things thought of together; collection of varied things: a variety of items in the attic
4. Brit. variety show
5. 1. Biol., loosely a group having characteristics of its own within a species or subspecies; subdivision of a species
   2. Bot. a variant form of wild plants that has been recognized as a true taxon ranking below subspecies, even though it may have been brought under cultivation: e.g., cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
   3. Zool. any of a group of widely separated variants within a single interbreeding population

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