Linnaean

Lin·nae·an

adj \lə-ˈnē-ən, -ˈnā-; ˈli-nē-\

Definition of LINNAEAN

: of, relating to, or following the systematic methods of the Swedish botanist Linnaeus who established the system of binomial nomenclature

Variants of LINNAEAN

Lin·nae·an or Lin·ne·an \lə-ˈnē-ən, -ˈnā-; ˈli-nē-\

Origin of LINNAEAN

Carolus Linnaeus

First Known Use: 1744

Rhymes with LINNAEAN

Achaean, Actaeon, Aegean, Antaean, Archean, Augean, Chaldean, Chilean, Crimean, Cumaean, Fijian, Judaean, Korean, Kuchean, Mandaean, Matthean, Nicaean, plebeian, pygmaean, Tupian