We use a system called the 'Linnaean Taxonomic' to class organisms into groups.
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Linnaean
//lɪˈneɪ.ən//
Synonyms for "linnaean" (2 found)
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Catalan
1 entries- linneà adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
Finnish
4 entries- Linnén adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
- Linnén adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
- linnéläinen adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
- linnéläinen adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
Portuguese
4 entries- lineano adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
- lineano adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
- linneano adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
- linneano adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
Swedish
3 entries- linneansk adj (of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus)
- linneansk adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
- linneansk adj (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature)
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Although opposed to the Linnaean system Hill recognised its value as a means of evolving order out of chaos, and to him falls the credit of introducing it into England.
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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.
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