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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DICKIE(I)A. Bot. A genus of microscopic algae or diatoms (1844 Berkeley and Ralfs in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. XIV. 328).
[After George Dickie (1812–82), of Aberdeen, Professor of Botany there, authority on algae.]
