product type; sort; variety of goods
Used in business, manufacturing, and retail for types or varieties of goods or products; 種類 is the broader everyday word.
This factory does small-lot production of many product types.
We reduced the product varieties that were not selling and organized the inventory.
taxonomic form
Technical taxonomy use, corresponding to a form or rank below a variety in some classifications; distinct from the everyday agricultural or animal-breed sense.
In taxonomy, a form may be treated as a rank below a variety.
breed; variety; cultivar; kind
Common for plant cultivars, crop varieties, animal breeds, and selected biological varieties, especially in agriculture, horticulture, and breeding contexts.
This apple is a variety that is resistant to cold.
That breed of dog is popular in Japan too.
The farmers are experimentally growing a new variety of rice.
Farmers improved the rice variety through breeding and increased yields.
The taste varies greatly depending on the variety.
That shop carries many varieties of wine.
The research institute developed a new, disease-resistant variety.
geographic race; geographic variety; geographic subspecies
high-yield variety
high-mix, low-volume manufacturing; production of many product types in small quantities