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linnaeus
(encz) | Linnaeus, |
Linnaeus
(gcide) | Linnaeus \Linnaeus\ (l[i^]*n[=e]"[u^]s) n.
Carolus Linnaeus, also called Karl von Linn['e]. Born at
R[*a]shult, Sm[*a]land, Sweden, May 13, 1707: died at Upsala,
Sweden, Jan. 10, 1778. A celebrated Swedish botanist and
naturalist, founder of the Linnean system in botany. He
made a journey to Lapland in 1732; resided in the Netherlands
1735-38; and became professor of medicine (later of botany)
at Upsala in 1741. Among his works are "Systema natur[ae]"
(1735), "Fundamenta botanica" (1736), "Genera plantarum"
(1737), "Flora lapponica" (1737), "Philosophia botanica"
(1751), and "Species plantarum" (1753).
[Century Dict. 1906] |
linnaeus
(wn) | Linnaeus
n 1: Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of
biological nomenclature (1707-1778) [syn: Linnaeus,
Carolus Linnaeus, Carl von Linne, Karl Linne] |
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