Definition of Mendel

1. Noun. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884).

Exact synonyms: Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel
Generic synonyms: Botanist, Phytologist, Plant Scientist, Monastic, Monk
Derivative terms: Mendelian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mendel

Memorial Day
Memphian
Memphis
Memphite
Memphites
Memphre
Men in Black
Menachem Begin
Menai Strait
Menaka
Menander
Mencius
Mencken
Menckenian
Mende
Mendel (current term)
Mendel's first law
Mendel's instep reflex
Mendel's law
Mendel's laws
Mendel's second law
Mendel-Bechterew reflex
Mendeleeff's law
Mendeleev
Mendeleev's law
Mendeleyev
Mendelian
Mendelian Inheritance in Man
Mendelianism

Literary usage of Mendel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"Action by LF Miller & Sons against Jonas Mendel. Judgment for plaintiffs ... LUMPKIN, JLF Miller & Sous brought suit against Jonas Mendel to recover damages ..."

2. Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by Henry Clapp Sherman (1918)
"OSBORNE AND Mendel. The Influence of Cod Liver Oil and Some Other Fats ... OSBORNE AND Mendel. Relation of Growth to the Chemical Constituents of the Diet. ..."

3. The Eastern Alps Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"From San Michèle or from the Mendel to Madonna di Campiglio. ... From the Mendel (reached from Botzen via Kaltem by railway and cable line in l'/2 br. ..."

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