Butenandt

[ boot-n-ahnt ]

noun

1. A·dolf Frie·drich Jo·hann [ah, -dawlf , free, -d, r, i, kh, , yoh, -hahn], 1903–1995, German chemist: declined 1939 Nobel Prize on the demand of the Nazi government.

Butenandt

/ ˈbutənant /

noun

1. ButenandtAdolf Frederick Johann19031995MGermanSCIENCE: chemist Adolf Frederick Johann . 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones