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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FORSYTHIOPSIS. Bot. An erect acanthaceous shrub resembling Forsythia (see above) from Madagascar (1883 J. G. Baker in Journal Linnaean Soc. Bot. XX. 219).
