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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ANSTRUTHERIA. Bot. A genus of tropical shrubs, family Tiliaceae (1846 G. Gardner in Calcutta Jnl. Nat. Hist. VI. 344).
[After Sir Alexander Anstruther (1769–1819), of Balcaskie in Fife, judge in India.]
