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Linnaeus used while assigning names to plants and animals.

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French
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Greek
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Latin
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English
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Solution

The correct option is C Latin
Carolus Linnaeus, used Latin while giving scientific names to plants. He used Latin because it is a dead language and will not change in future. Hence, there won't be any confusion in naming species.

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