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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STEWARTIANUS. Also -a, -um. Specif. name of various plants chiefly from China, Nepeta, Polygonatum, Rhododendron, Silene, named by Diels in Notes Royal Bot. Garden, Edinburgh V. (see Index).
[After Laurence B. Stewart (1966–1934), curator of the Garden.]
