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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OUDNEYA. Bot. A cruciferous plant of the arabid family, a kind of stock, found on Mungo Park's expeditions to Africa (1826 in D. Denham & H. Clapperton Travels N. & Cent. Africa 219).
[From Walter Oudney (1790–1824), of Edinburgh, doctor and traveller in N.W. Africa.]
