Linnaeanism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Linnaean +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Linnaeanism (uncountable)

  1. The Linnaean system of nomenclature.
    • 2000, Daniel R. Headrick, When Information Came of Age, page 26:
      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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