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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HUNTERIA. Bot. A genus of Apocynacea from E. India (a.1815 W. Roxburgh Flora Indica II. 53).
[From William Hunter (1755–1812), of Montrose, doctor and botanist in Bengal.]