'Linnean' definitions:
Definition of 'Linnean'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean, Linnean]
Definition of 'Linnean'
From: GCIDE
- 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]