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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MILLIGANIA. Bot. An aquatic herb of Tasmania, of the order Myrtales (1840 W. D. Hooker Icon. Plant. III. 299), called also Gunnera.
[From Joseph Milligan (1807–83), of Dumfriesshire, doctor and plant-collector in Tasmania.]
