Schleiden

[ shlahyd-n ]

/ ˈʃlaɪd n /

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noun

Mat·thi·as Ja·kob

[mah-tee-ahs -yah-kawp], /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/, 1804–81, German botanist.

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How to use Schleiden in a sentence

Schleiden in particular brought forward charges of the most serious nature against Nehemiah Grew's good faith.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
Schleiden's text-book did not appear until too late to be known to Griffith.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
This important work dated back to 1842 and was inspired by his enthusiasm for the then novel cell-theory of Schleiden and Schwann.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
The Schleiden-Schwann theory of the origin of cells by generation in a cytoblastem was now definitely overthrown.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

The comparison of cells with crystals was made in 1838 by the founders of the cell-theory, Schleiden and Schwann.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel