De Vries

[ duh vrees; Dutch duh vrees ]

noun

1. Hu·go [hyoo, -goh, hy, -goh], 1848–1935, Dutch botanist and student of organic heredity: developed the concept of mutation as a factor in the process of evolution.

De Vries

/ də ˈvriːs /

noun

1. De VriesHugo18481935MDutchSCIENCE: botanist Hugo (ˈhyːxoː). 1848–1935, Dutch botanist, who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution

Example Sentences

De Vries has received an outpouring of support as he has undergone treatment for his gunshot wounds.

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De Vries had reportedly been helping the witness, Nabil B, prepare for testimony.

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De Vries also points to how the computer chips that miners use are ecologically damaging to produce, requiring specific minerals and metals.

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Holloway was accompanied by Dutch investigative journalist Peter de Vries, who captured the visit on camera.

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“George would never have been seen with the likes of Sheldon Adelson or Donald Trump,” De Vries told the Times.

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For now, de Vries is still keeping his day job, but he plans to devote more time to his art.

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Good with his hands and with a keen eye, de Vries retrained as a restorer of art and precious objects.

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Do species change by the gradual elimination of the unfit, or do they change by sudden leaps, the "mutation" theory of de Vries?

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I adopted De Vries' views as seeming to me the most probable, but of late I have felt more doubts on this head.

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The dress of some of these visitors was a surprise to De Vries and his men, of whom there were only seven on the yacht.

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When De Vries anchored, he was very well received; and about forty Indians came on board his yacht, and made a call upon him.

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These twelve representatives of the people chose De Vries as president of their number.

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