variety

中文： 变种、品种、变体

1. A deviation or difference. (countable, uncountable)
2. A specific variation of something. (countable, uncountable)
3. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar. (countable, uncountable)
4. A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank. (countable, uncountable) · Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum is a variety of Capsicum annuum commonly known as chiltepin or Indian pepper.
5. A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level. (countable, uncountable) · Near-synonym: dialect (sometimes synonymous)
6. A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced. (countable, uncountable)
7. A collection or number of different things. (countable, uncountable)
8. In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities. (countable, uncountable)

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