Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
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- proper noun
- Antoine Laurent de Jussieu revolutionized plant taxonomy with his classification system.
Examples
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The work of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu laid the foundation for modern botanical nomenclature.
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Many botanists still reference Antoine Laurent de Jussieu when discussing plant family groupings.
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a great botanist.
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Wow! Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was an incredible botanist!
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu revolutionized plant taxonomy with his classification system.
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Many botanists still reference Antoine Laurent de Jussieu when discussing plant family groupings.
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The work of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu laid the foundation for modern botanical nomenclature.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Antoine + Laurent + de + Jussieu
This is a full proper name referring to a specific historical person; the individual components are personal names (and a preposition 'de') that do not compose to give the biographical meaning. Knowing the constituent name-words does not allow a B1 learner to infer that the phrase denotes a French botanist or the dates given, so the expression is non-compositional and language-specific.
Etymology
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist in the late 1700s who sorted plants into clear groups called families, like someone putting similar cards into piles. That's why his name is linked to the modern system for grouping and naming plants and often appears when we talk about 'plant families'.