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Vaccinium album L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium album in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 350 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium pedunculis simplicibus, foliis integerrimis ovatis subtus tomentosis.

English translation
Vaccinium with peduncles unbranched; [and] with leaf blades entire, ovate, [and] below tomentose.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with peduncles pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i
unbranched; simplicibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective simplex, simplex, simplex; modifies pedunculis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
entire, integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
ovate ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
below [i.e., on the abaxial surface] subtus - adverb
tomentose. tomentosis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective tomentosus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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