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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SEAFORTHIA. Bot. A genus of pinnate-leaved arecaceous palms of Australasia (1850 R. Brown in K. F. Martius Hist. Nat. Palmarum III. 105).
[After Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth (1754–1815), Governor of Barbados, and botanist.]
