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COHN

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Overview

COHN (noun)
  The noun COHN has 1 sense:

1. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plantsplay

  Familiarity information: COHN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


COHN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cohn; Ferdinand Julius Cohn

Instance hypernyms:

botanist; phytologist; plant scientist (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)


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