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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CARSONII. Bot. Specif. name of a genus of climbing East Indian lily, Gloriosa (1904 Baker Flora & Sylva II. 355).
[After Alexander Carson (1850–96), of Stirling, botanist in Tanganyika.]