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VARIETAL
varietal, varietal wine
(noun) a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
varietal (not comparable)
(biology) Pertaining to a distinct variety of organism.
Made from a single specific variety (especially of grapes in wine).
(linguistics) Of or relating to a variety of a language.
Noun
varietal (plural varietals)
A wine made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of grape, which carries the name of that grape.
(by extension) A coffee made primarily from or exclusively from a single variety of coffee bean.
Source: Wiktionary
Va*ri"e*tal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species. Perplexed in determining what differences to consider as specific, and what as varietal. Darwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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