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Medeola asparagoides L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Medeola asparagoides in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 339 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W. Wight


original Latin diagnosis
Medeola foliis alternis.

English translation
Melianthus with leaves alternate.


English translation with commentary
Medeola Medeola
with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
alternate. alternis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective alternus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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