Linnaean \Lin*n[ae]"an\, Linnean \Lin*ne"an\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"an), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Linn[ae]us, the celebrated Swedish botanist. [1913 Webster]

Linnaean system, Linnean system (Bot.), the system in which the classes of plants are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Linnean adj : of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Linnaean \Lin*n[ae]"an\, Linnean \Lin*ne"an\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"an), a. Of or pertaining to Linn[ae]us, the celebrated Swedish botanist.

Linn[ae]an system (Bot.), the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the number of stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)