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Vavilovian

Vavilovian adjective: of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.

Adjective

Vavilovian (not comparable)

  1. Of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.
    • It is sufficient to emphasise how strongly the Vavilovian concept, and geographical pattern, of centres of origin constrained research on the beginnings of agriculture in the second half of the twentieth century.2006, Robert Layton, Stephen Shennan, Peter G. Stone, A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present

Origin of Vavilovian

From Vavilov + -ian.

Questions about Vavilovian

What does Vavilovian mean?
Vavilovian means of, or related to the scientific discoveries of the Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov.
What part of speech is Vavilovian?
Vavilovian is an adjective.

Words near Vavilovian in the dictionary

  1. vavasours
  2. vavassor
  3. vavassors
  4. Vavilikolanu
  5. Vavilov
  6. Vavilovian
  7. Vavra
  8. Vavras
  9. vavs
  10. Vavuniya
  11. vaw

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