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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MACADAMIA. Bot. A genus of Australian evergreen trees of the family Proteaceae, bearing edible nuts (1858 Trans. Philosoph. Inst. Victoria II. ii. 72).
[Called by F. Müller after John Macadam (1827–65), of Glasgow, later chemist in Melbourne.]
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