1.
[syn: Linnaean, Linnean]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Linnaean \Lin*n[ae]"an\, Linnean \Lin*ne"an\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"an),
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to Linn[ae]us, the celebrated Swedish
botanist.
[1913 Webster]
Linnaean system, Linnean system (Bot.), the system in
which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the
number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the
artificial or sexual system.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Linnaean
adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic
classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean,
Linnean]