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Definition of Subvariety
1. n. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
Definition of Subvariety
1. Noun. (botany) a rank below that of variety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subvariety
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subvariety
Literary usage of Subvariety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Natural History Society of Dublin (1854)
"These two groups, for which I proposed the names, variety, and subvariety, will
be found to possess the following distinctive fronds of the plant—ie, ..."
2. Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive Condition by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"They are a subvariety of the universal Nigri- tian family, collateral with the
Bantu and the Fulah. Nearly all the peoples so designated, that is, ..."
3. Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive Condition by John Clark Ridpath (1899)
"They are a subvariety of the universal Nigri- tian family, collateral with the
Bantu and the Fulah. Nearly all the peoples so designated, that is, ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The subvariety (a) is sometimes called the exudative type; ... The subvariety (b)
is the so-called dry form, and corresponds to the "atrophic arthritis'' of ..."
5. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"... the nerves evident only near the apex; awns short 5-15 mm. (subvariety ...
Höchst. All of the remaining specimens belong to subvariety ..."
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