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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MACFARLANEI. Bot. Specif. name of a Dendrobium or Asiatic orchid (1888 H. Reichenbach in Veitch Manual Orchid. III. 59).
[From A. J. Macfarlan (†1869), of Edinburgh, doctor and botanist.]
