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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LYONIA. Bot. A species of Andromeda, an ornamental ericaceous shrub from Mexico (1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. American Plants I. 266).
[After John Lyon (†1818), from Angus, gardener and botanist in Eastern U.S.A.]