Variety

noun, plural varieties.
1.
the state of being varied or diversified:
to give variety to a diet.
2.
difference; discrepancy.
3.
a number of different types of things, especially ones in the same general category:
a large variety of fruits.
4.
a kind or sort.
5.
a different form, condition, or phase of something:
varieties of pastry; a variety of economic reforms.
6.
a category within a species, based on some hereditary difference.
7.
a type of animal or plant produced by artificial selection.
8.
Philately. a stamp differing from others of the same issue through an accident other than an error of an artist or printer.
Compare error (def 8), freak1 (def 5).
9.
Also called variety show. entertainment of mixed character, consisting of a number of individual performances or acts, as of singing, dancing, or skits.
Compare vaudeville (def 1).
adjective
10.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a variety:
a variety performer.
noun (pl) -ties
1.
the quality or condition of being diversified or various
2.
a collection of unlike things, esp of the same general group; assortment
3.
a different form or kind within a general category; sort: varieties of behaviour
4.

(taxonomy) a race whose distinct characters are insufficient to justify classification as a separate species; a subspecies
(horticulture, stockbreeding) a strain of animal or plant produced by artificial breeding

5.

entertainment consisting of a series of short unrelated performances or acts, such as comedy turns, songs, dances, sketches, etc
(as modifier): a variety show