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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MONROI. Bot. Specif. name of a Senecio of New Zealand (1913 Jnl. New Zealand Dept. Agric. VII. 158).
[After Sir David Monro (1813–77), of Edinburgh, botanist and politician in New Zealand.]