Definition of Hugo de vries

1. Noun. Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935).

Exact synonyms: De Vries, Devries, Hugo Devries
Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hugo De Vries

Huggins
Huggins' operation
Huggon
Hugh
Hugh Capet
Hugh Dowding
Hughes
Hughes-Stovin syndrome
Hughes syndrome
Hughesian
Hughesy
Hughie
Hughson
Hugo
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Hugo De Vries
Hugo Junkers
Hugo Wolf
Hugo deVries
Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
Hugoesque
Hugueninia
Hugueninia tanacetifolia
Huguenot
Huguenotism
Huguenots
Huguier's canal
Huguier's circle
Huguier's sinus
Huhehaote

Literary usage of Hugo de vries

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1. Social Adaptation: A Study in the Development of the Doctrine of Adaptation by Lucius Moody Bristol (1915)
"... from the environment that somehow affect the germ-plasm.8 hugo de vries (1848- ) Mutations Three quotations at the very beginning of De Vries' Species ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"Hugo de Vries, On Wood which repairs Wounds (not finished). ... Hugo de Vries, On Growth in Length of Tendrils which curve on the Upper or the Lower Side. ..."

3. Proceedings, International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization (1904)
"A paper on "Artificial Atavism," by Hugo de Vries, Director of the Botanical Gardens, Amsterdam, was read hy DT ..."

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