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Euphorbia officinarum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Euphorbia officinarum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 451.
   today: The current name for this species is Euphorbia officinarum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Euphorbia aculeata nuda multangularis: aculeis geminatis.

English translation
Euphorbia prickly, naked, [and] many-angled; [and] with prickles paired.


English translation with commentary
Euphorbia Euphorbia
prickly, aculeata - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective aculeatus, -a, -um; modifies Euphorbia
naked, nuda - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies Euphorbia
[and] [added for smoother reading]
many-angled; multangularis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective multangularis, -is. -e; modifies Euphorbia
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with prickles aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, -i
paired. geminatis - ablative plural masculine of perfect passive participle of first conjugation verb gemino, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies aculeis



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