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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DUNBARIA. Bot. A leguminous plant of India (1834 R. Wight & G. Arnot Prodromus Florae Penin. Ind. Orient. I. 258).
[After George Dunbar (1744–1851), a gardener, later Professor of Greek at Edinburgh.]
