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Noun: Cavendish  ka-vun-dish
  1. British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
    - Henry Cavendish
     
  2. A variety of banana used in commercial production
    "Cavendish bananas are the most commonly exported variety"

Type of: chemist, physicist

Encyclopedia: Cavendish, Newfoundland