1. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851); [syn: Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Oken
n 1: German naturalist whose speculations that plants and
animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the
cell theory (1779-1851) [syn: Oken, Lorenz Oken,
Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss]