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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

MACFADYENA. Bot. A genus of Bignonia, an American climbing shrub (1845 A. De Candolle Prodromus IX. 179). Also in form Fadyenia (Hooker).

[After James Macfadyen (1800–50), of Glasgow, doctor and botanist in Jamaica.]

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