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va⋅ri⋅e⋅tal
[vuh-rahy-i-tl] 
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–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, designating, or characteristic of a variety. |
| 2. | constituting a variety. |
| 3. | (in U.S. winemaking) designating a wine made entirely or chiefly from one variety of grape. |
–noun
| 4. | a varietal wine named for such a grape (distinguished from generic ). |
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| va·ri·e·tal (və-rī'ĭ-tl) adj. Of, indicating, or characterizing a variety, especially a biological variety. n. A wine made principally from one variety of grape and carrying the name of that grape. [From variety.] va·ri'e·tal·ly adv. |
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Varietal
Va*ri"e*tal\, a. 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.
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varietal (adj.)
1866, a biologists' word (first attested in Darwin), from variety. In ref. to wines, meaning "made from a single variety of grape" is first attested 1941, Amer.Eng. As a noun, in this sense, attested from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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