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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JEFFREYI. Bot. Specif. name of a Californian pine, Pinus jeffreyi (1853 A. Murray in Report on Oregon Expedition II. 28).
[After John Jeffrey, of Lochore, a gardener on the Expedition who discovered it.]
