Linnaean
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed
WiktionaryText
Etymology
After Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish naturalist who helped to standardize biological nomenclature.
Adjective
Linnaean
- Of, or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally (i.e. "a Linnaean name") or in a wider sense, of the era influenced by him
- Of, or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him
- (recent) 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 of course was not initiated by Linnaeus.