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COHN
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• COHN (noun)
The noun COHN has 1 sense:
1. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
Familiarity information: COHN used as a noun is very rare.
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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