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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WRIGHTIA. Bot. A genus of tropical Apocynaceae with branching showy flowerheads and hairy seeds (1811 R. Brown in Mem. Wernerian Soc. I. 73).
[After William Wright (1735–1819), of Crieff, doctor and botanist in Jamaica.]
