Ingenhousz, Jan Syllabification: (Ing·en·housz, Jan)Pronunciation: /ˈiNGənˌhous/Definition of Ingenhousz, Jan (1730–99), Dutch scientist. He is noted for his work on photosynthesis, in which he discovered that green plants placed in sunlight produce oxygen. Ingenhousz, Jan in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Ingenhousz, Jan in the British & World English dictionary