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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1798
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LOCHINDORB, prop. n. A loch in Morayshire noted for its island with the ruined castle of the Wolf of Badenoch. Comb. Lochindorb kail, a hybrid variety of the brassica rape, Brassica napus (Nai. 1892 Trans. Northern Assoc. I. v. 68). Also Lochna-.Mry. 1798 Grant & Leslie Survey 274:
The herb peculiar to that island, distinguished by the name of Lochnadorb kail, appears to be a mixture of red cabbage plants and common turnip, sown probably by the last possessor and never reaped.
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