Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gregor_mendel

1 sense of gregor mendel

Sense 1
Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel -- (Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
       INSTANCE OF=> botanist, phytologist, plant scientist -- (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)