linnaean

Adjective
Synonyms: Linnean

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Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposedSynonyms: LinneanRelating to Karl Linne
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Lin·næ′an, Lin·ne′an (lĭn-nē′an), prop. a.

Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.

Linnaean system, Linnean system Botany, 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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