De Vries

American  

[duh vrees, duh vrees] / də ˈvris, də ˈvris /

noun

1. Hugo 1848–1935, Dutch botanist and student of organic heredity: developed the concept of mutation as a factor in the process of evolution.

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De Vries British  

/ də ˈvriːs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

To try to prevent those consequences, De Vries, Ren and other experts are calling on the tech companies to disclose to users how much power and water their queries will consume.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

De Vries suggests that approaches such as modifying Bitcoin mining's software could cut down on the power and water needed for this process.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

In addition to those mentioned below, they salute co-composer Marius De Vries, the entire art and costume departments, co-star/narrator Bowen Yang, and dancer Casey Bronwyn Howes, who has a memorable solo in the park.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

AlphaTauri cut loose rookie Nyck De Vries after 10 races and gave the seat to Ricciardo.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

De Vries was not alone in rediscovering Mendel’s notion of independent, indivisible hereditary instructions.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee