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  • noun French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836)

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Examples

  • But one man, the team's doctor, Joseph de Jussieu, didn't have the heart to leave behind the many people he had come across on his way, in particular those working at a silver mine that used mercury in separating ore, who needed his medical attention.

    An Expedition Without End Amir D. Aczel 2011

  • But one man, the team's doctor, Joseph de Jussieu, didn't have the heart to leave behind the many people he had come across on his way, in particular those working at a silver mine that used mercury in separating ore, who needed his medical attention.

    An Expedition Without End Amir D. Aczel 2011

  • A more moderate choice is the cozy Hotel Carlton Lyon (4, rue Jussieu), with its charming and ancient elevator, relaxing lounge and good-size rooms ($266 a night, with breakfast).

    Eating Well in Lyon 2010

  • Tournefort and the natural method; he took part neither with the buds against the cotyledons, nor with Jussieu against Linnaeus.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Note 33: Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, "Mémoire sur une Nouvelle Porcelaine," Mercure de France2, no.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • As I descended into the Jussieu station, the letdown intensified.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

  • I walked quickly toward the Jussieu métro station.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

  • As I descended into the Jussieu station, the letdown intensified.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

  • I walked quickly toward the Jussieu métro station.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

  • Her place was a three-minute walk from the Jussieu métro.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

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