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Noun: Oken  ow-kun
  1. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living 'infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
    - Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss

Type of: natural scientist, naturalist

Encyclopedia: Oken, Steven