Linnaeus

American  

[li-nee-uhs] / lɪˈni əs /

noun

1. Carolus Carl von Linné, 1707–78, Swedish botanist.

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Linnaeus British  

/ -ˈneɪ-, lɪˈniːəs /

noun

1. Carolus (ˈkærələs), original name Carl von Linné. 1707–78, Swedish botanist, who established the binomial system of biological nomenclature that forms the basis of modern classification

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Linnaeus Scientific  

/ lĭ-nē′əs,lĭ-nā′əs /

1. Swedish naturalist who in 1735 introduced a method for classifying plants and animals using generic and specific designations. This laid the foundation for the modern system of binomial nomenclature.

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Example Sentences

Roughly three centuries ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to catalog and name every living organism he could find.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

“There are a lot of people using these aircraft as taxis, where you cover whatever distance by aircraft simply because it's more convenient,” Professor Stefan Gossling, from Sweden's Linnaeus University, who led the research, said.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024

“We’ve been lucky to do this study now,” said Stefan Gössling, the lead author and a professor of tourism research at Linnaeus University in Sweden.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

Most of us have heard of the 18th-century taxonomist Carl Linnaeus and his systems of categorization; less familiar is his rival, the French mathematician and naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Linnaeus has calculated that if an annual plant produced only two seeds...and their seedlings next year produced two, and so on, then in twenty years there would be a million plants.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly