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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KEITHIA. Bot. A genus of low-growing shrubs of the Capparid family, found in Brazil (1822 K. Sprengel Neue Entdeck. III. 57).
[After Patrick Keith (1769–1840), of Scotland, later Anglican vicar in Kent, writer on botany.]
