HyperDic: lorenz_oken

English > 1 sense of the expression Lorenz Oken:
NOUNperson Lorenz Oken, Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz OkenfussGerman naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living 'infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
English > Lorenz Oken: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningGerman naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living 'infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
SynonymsOken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss
Instance ofnaturalist, natural scientistA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
SpanishLorenz Oken, Oken
CatalanLorenz Oken

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