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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MUIRII. Bot. Specif. name of an Ivesia and an Erigeron of the Pacific states of U.S.A. (1885 A. Gray in Report 2nd Cruise ‘Corwin’ 146).
[After John Muir (1838–1914), of Dunbar, naturalist in W. America, pioneer of conservation.]
