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Noun: Mendel  men-d(u)l
  1. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
    - Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel

See also: Mendelian

Type of: botanist, monastic, monk, phytologist, plant scientist

Encyclopedia: Mendel, Gregor Johann Mendel Mendel, johann Mendel, Mendelism

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