Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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AITCHISONIA. Bot. A shrub with bright rose-coloured flowers of the Rubiacea family found in Afghanistan and called after James E. T. Aitchison (1836–98), of Lasswade, a distinguished army physician and botanist (1882 Journal Linnaean Soc. (Bot.) XIX. 144).
