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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DALZELLIA. Bot. A genus of aquatic herbs, riverweed, from Eastern India (1852 R. Wight Icon. Plant. Indiae Orient. V. 34), called also Terniola and Tulasnea.
[After Nicol A. Dalzell (1817–78), of Edinburgh, Forestry Conservator in Bombay.]