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Mimosa cinerea L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Mimosa cinerea in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 517.
   today: The current name for this species is Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce


original Latin diagnosis
Mimosa foliis conjugatis pinnatis: foliolis aequalibus, caule aculeis incurvis.

English translation
Mimosa with leaf blades connected [and] pinnate: with the leaflets equal; [and] with a stem with prickles [that are] curved inward.


English translation with commentary
Mimosa Mimosa
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
connected conjugatis - ablative plural neuter of perfect participle of first conjugation verb conjugo, -are, -avi, -atum; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
pinnate: pinnatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective pinnatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
with the leaflets foliolis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun foliolum, folioli
equal; aequalibus - ablative plural neuter of group B adjective aequalis, -is, -e; modifies foliolis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
with prickles aculeis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun aculeus, aculei
[that are] curved inward. incurvis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective incurvus, -a, -um; modifies aculeis



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