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true to type

true to type adjective: of a plant or animal, typical of a certain breed or variety.

Adjective

true to type

  1. Of a plant or animal, typical of a certain breed or variety.

Questions about true to type

What does true to type mean?
True to type means of a plant or animal, typical of a certain breed or variety.
What part of speech is true to type?
True to type is an adjective.

Words near true to type in the dictionary

  1. true to life
  2. true to one's colors
  3. true to one's word
  4. true to oneself
  5. true to seed
  6. true to type
  7. true toad
  8. true toads
  9. true up
  10. true vocal cord
  11. true weevil

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