Variety is an assortment or the state of having many different things.
(noun)An example of variety is when you have purple flowers, blue flowers, green flowers and flowers of a whole bunch of other colors.
See variety in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. varieties
Origin: Fr variété < L varietas
adjective
See variety in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. va·ri·e·ties
Origin:
Origin: French variété
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin varietās, varietāt-
Origin: , from varius, various
.Learn more about variety