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Noun: De Vries  du'vrees
  1. Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
    - deVries, Hugo deVries, Hugo De Vries

Type of: botanist, phytologist, plant scientist

Encyclopedia: De Vries, Peter