n. A genus with only one species, the twinflower.
Syn. -- genus Linnaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖pos>n. [ NL. Linnaeus Linnæan + L. borealis northern. ] (Bot.) The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } prop. a. Of or pertaining to Linnæus, 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 ]

n. [ See Linnæan. ] (Min.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Carolus Linnaeus, also called Karl von Linné. Born at Råshult, Småland, 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 naturæ” (1735), “Fundamenta botanica” (1736), “Genera plantarum” (1737), “Flora lapponica” (1737), “Philosophia botanica” (1751), and “Species plantarum” (1753). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

n. Flax. See Linen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. līnetwige, fr. AS. līn flax; -- so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See Linen. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (Linota cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Green linnet (Zool.), the European green finch. [ 1913 Webster ]