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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ROXBURGHIA. Bot. A genus (and order) of tropical Indian trailing shrubs with large showy flowers (1812 J. Dryander in Bot. Mag. XXXVI. 1500). Also as a specific name roxburghii, order Roxburghiaceae.
[From William Roxburgh (1751–1815), of Craigie in Ayrshire, doctor and botanist in Calcutta.]
