| English noun: var. | |||
| 1. | var. (group) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | ||
| Samples | A new strain of microorganisms. | ||
| Synonyms | form, strain, variant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
| Member meronym | species | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||