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Linnean

Linnean is the alternative form of Linnaean.

Meaning of Linnaean

Adjective

Linnaean (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally or in a wider sense, to the era influenced by him.
  2. Of or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
    • Nowhere was the victory of Linnaeanism more complete than in Britain. When William Hudson's Flora Anglica, organized in the Linnaean manner, appeared in 1762, it displaced all previous floras.2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26
  3. Relating to the nomenclature Codes that have their starting point in a work by Linnaeus or are derived from such a Code. This includes the idea of a ranked taxonomy, which was not initiated by Linnaeus.

Origin of Linnean

From Linne + -ean, with Linne in turn being from Swedish Linné.

Questions about Linnean

What is Linnean the alternative form of?
Linnean is the alternative form of Linnaean.

Words near Linnean in the dictionary

  1. Linnaeus
  2. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
  3. Linnaeus's two-toed sloths
  4. linne
  5. Linnea
  6. Linnean
  7. linned
  8. Linnei
  9. Linnell
  10. Linnell Camp
  11. Linnells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Linnean (page history and authors); Linnaean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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