Antonyms for varietal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vuh-rahy-i-tl
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈraɪ ɪ tl


Definition of varietal

Origin :
  • 1866, a biologists' word (first attested in Darwin), from variety. In reference to wines, meaning "made from a single variety of grape" is first attested 1941, American English. As a noun, in this sense, attested from 1955.
  • As in different : adj miscellaneous, various
Example sentences :
  • These are only some of the varietal differences of the tomato.
  • Extract from : « Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato » by William Warner Tracy
  • The Floridian form has received the varietal name of mortoni.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • This is probably only a varietal form of the preceding species.
  • Extract from : « The Butterfly Book » by William Jacob Holland
  • Specimens connecting the typical with the varietal form are in my possession.
  • Extract from : « The Butterfly Book » by William Jacob Holland
  • The writer prefers not to apply the varietal name to the forms of our area.
  • Extract from : « Trees of Indiana » by Charles Clemon Deam
  • It is very rare in varietal vineyards and not known to nurserymen.
  • Extract from : « The Grapes of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • It is very rare in varietal vineyards and hardly known to nurserymen.
  • Extract from : « The Grapes of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The scrub pine is the humble parent of one of the splendid Western lumber pines, whose description comes under its varietal name.
  • Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • The Chairman: That may be due to varietal differences, though, rather than specific?
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association
  • Its several phases have been again and again observed and described too often by distinct specific or varietal names.
  • Extract from : « The North American Slime-Moulds » by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

Synonyms for varietal

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