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  • noun Plural form of variety.

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  • _variety_; and so long as it was believed that species were separate creations, or at all events had an origin quite distinct from that of varieties, this law could have no exceptions, because, if any two species had been found to be fertile when crossed and their hybrid offspring to be also fertile, this fact would have been held to prove them to be not _species_ but _varieties_.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • So we have within the valleys what they call varieties, but they are not varieties, only seedlings grown from certain seed trees.

    Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948

  • Further, what we call varieties cannot really be distinguished from species in the long run, a fact which we can clearly understand if species once existed as varieties, and thus originated.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science Various 1909

  • He's now a full-time farmer growing pumpkin varieties from all over the world.

    Pumpkin Farmers Profit From Odd, Ugly Varieties AP 2010

  • He's now a full-time farmer growing pumpkin varieties from all over the world.

    Pumpkin Farmers Profit From Odd, Ugly Varieties AP 2010

  • Both businesses face heightened competition from lower-priced private-label varieties, but Clorox still had to increase prices as costs for resin to make trash bags and chemicals used in bleach rise.

    Earnings at Clorox Crimped by Costs Paul Ziobro 2011

  • Certain varieties of strawberries and other berries are pink.

    The Pink Dress 2009

  • "Anything that's ugly or weird or unusual, it just sells like crazy," said Randy Graham, who grows 40 pumpkin varieties near Champaign, Ill. At least in part, the market shift reflects the commercial growth of Halloween, and the fall season surrounding it, farmers and others said.

    Pumpkin Farmers Profit From Odd, Ugly Varieties AP 2010

  • He's now a full-time farmer growing pumpkin varieties from all over the world.

    Pumpkin Farmers Profit From Odd, Ugly Varieties AP 2010

  • "Anything that's ugly or weird or unusual, it just sells like crazy," said Randy Graham, who grows 40 pumpkin varieties near Champaign, Ill. At least in part, the market shift reflects the commercial growth of Halloween, and the fall season surrounding it, farmers and others said.

    Pumpkin Farmers Profit From Odd, Ugly Varieties AP 2010

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