(1848–1935), Dutch plant physiologist and geneticist. De Vries did much work on osmosis and water relations in plants, coining the term plasmolysis. His subsequent work on heredity and variation contributed substantially to the chromosome theory of heredity.
Definition of de Vries, Hugo in US English:
de Vries, Hugo
proper noundə ˈvrēz
(1848–1935), Dutch plant physiologist and geneticist. He did much work on osmosis and water relations in plants, coining the term plasmolysis. His subsequent work on heredity contributed substantially to the chromosome theory of heredity.