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Linnaean
{
Lin-næ′an
,Lin-ne′an
}(lĭn-nē′an)
, p
rop.
Adj.
Of or pertaining to
Linnæus
, the celebrated Swedish botanist. 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.