Linean

Alternative form of Linnaean; pertaining to the binomial nomenclature originated by Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of Linnaean; pertaining to the binomial nomenclature originated by Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus.
    • The stamen is called the male and the pistil the female organ. This doctrine constituting the foundation of the Linean system, though but recently established upon the basis of logical induction is by no means novel. -...
    • The common white larch (Larix Europea) belongs to Monacea Monoddphia of the Linean system, and to the fir division of the natural order Coniferce. - 1869, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of...
    • I don't know what flower they affect to emulate but I dare say they are known to each other under some order or class of the Linean system. - 1998, Joan W. Goodwin, The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden...