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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KERRIA. Bot. A genus of rosaceous shrubs with yellow flowers, found in China and Japan, also known as Jew's mallow or Corcharus (1817 Trans. Linnaean Soc. XII. 154).
[Called after William Kerr (†1814), from Scotland, gardener at Kew and Oriental plant-collector.]
