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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (noun)
  The noun GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER has 1 sense:

1. United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)play

  Familiarity information: GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER used as a noun is very rare.


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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Carver; George Washington Carver

Instance hypernyms:

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

chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)


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