Candolle
Americannoun
noun
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To the celebrated French botanist Alphonse de Candolle he wrote:
From Time • Nov. 24, 2014
It was at one of these evening assemblies that Miss Edgeworth, while talking to De Candolle in her most brilliant strain, attracted a crowd five deep.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
Among the scientific celebrities were de Saussure, the most many-sided of all; de Candolle and Boissier, the botanists; Alphonse Favre and Necker, the geologists; Marignac, the chemist; Deluc, the physicist, and Plantamour, the astronomer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
This color limitation of blossoms was noted by De Candolle early in the present century, who classified flowers in two series as to their hues.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
C. histrix was described by De Candolle, flowers and fruits excepted, from a plant growing in Montpellier, being recognized principally by its long broad-winged petioles and free stamens.
From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various
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