Linnaea

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Translingual

Linnaea borealis

Alternative forms

Linnæa

Etymology

Derived from the botanist Carl Linnaeus' surname, New Latin Linnaeus.

Linnaea borealis (twinflower) being a favorite of Linnaeus, his friend and colleague Jan Frederik Gronovius named the genus Linnæa.^[1]

Proper noun

Linnaea f

A taxonomic species within the family Linnaea.

Hyponyms

(genus): Linnaea borealis (twinflower) - sole species

References

^ Carl Lindman (1917) “Linnea”, in Bilder ur Nordens flora [Pictures from the Flora of the North]‎^[1] (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-02-16

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