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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COLDENIA. Bot. A genus of shrubs of the borage family, sub-order Ehretiaceae, of America, named by Linnaeus after Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776), of Duns in Berwickshire, a doctor in America and correspondent of Linnaeus.
