Found 2 items, similar to linnean.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Linnean
Linnean
adj : of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic
classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn:
Linnaean]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Linnean
Linnaean
\Lin*n[ae]"an\, Linnean
\Lin*ne"an\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"an),
a.
Of or pertaining to Linn[ae]us, the celebrated Swedish
botanist.
[1913 Webster]
Linn[ae]an 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]