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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PARKIA. Bot. A fabaceous plant of Central Africa (1826 in D. Denham & H. Clapperton Travels Africa 234).
[Called by R. Brown after Mungo Park (1771–1805), of Selkirk, the celebrated African traveller.]
