subvariety

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ variety

Noun

subvariety (plural subvarieties)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary variety.
    1. (mathematics) A subset of a variety which is itself a variety.
    2. (linguistics) A subordinate language variety.
  2. (botany) A rank below that of variety.

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