\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.