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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ALSTONIA. Bot. A genus of Oriental evergreen shrubs of the family Apocynaceae, called by the younger Linnaeus after Charles Alston (1683–1760), of Eddlewood, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh.
