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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CAMPBELLIA. Bot. A genus of the Scrophularia or figwort family from Eastern India (1849 R. Wight Icon. Plant. Ind. Orient. IV. 5).
[After W. H. Campbell (1814–83), of Edinburgh, botanist in Demerara.]
