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adj
Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English Banks Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Banksian From Banks + -ian.
