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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FITCHIA. Bot. An arborescent composita, family Cichoriaceae, from the South Sea Islands (1845 W. D. Hooker in Journal Bot. IV. 23).
[From Walter H. Fitch (1817–92), of Glasgow, botanical artist and lithographer.]
