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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MILNEA. Bot. A genus of tropical shrubs, order Meliaceae, which has edible fruit (a.1815 Roxburgh Flora Indica I. 637), also called Aglaia.
[From Colin Milne (1743–1815), of Aberdeen, botanist, and Anglican minister.]
