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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WIGHTIA. Bot. A genus of the figwort family, Scrophularia, found in the Himalayas (1830 N. Wallich Plant. Asiaticae Rar. I. 71).
[From Robert Wight (1796–1872), of Duncraw, E. Lothian, botanist in Eastern India.]