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adj
Of or relating to the Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (1848–1935).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the American editor and novelist Peter De Vries (1910–1993).
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Usage: comparable
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of De Vriesian (“of or relating to the Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (1848–1935)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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noun
An adherent of the views of the Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (1848–1935).
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of De Vriesian (“an adherent of the views of the Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (1848–1935)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From De Vries + -ian.
