English noun: Gregor Mendel | |||
| 1. | Gregor Mendel (person) Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884) | ||
| Synonyms | Johann Mendel, Mendel | ||
| Instance hypernym | botanist, monastic, monk, phytologist, plant scientist | ||