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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BLAERIA. Bot. A genus of tropical ericaceous plants from E. Africa, called by Linnaeus after Patrick Blair (†1728), of Dundee, Jacobite, doctor and botanist.
