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Vaccinium frondosum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium frondosum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 351 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A. Gray


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium racemis filiformibus foliosis, foliis oblongis integerrimis.

English translation
Vaccinium with racemes filiform [and] leafy; with leaf blades oblong [and] entire.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with racemes racemis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun racemus, -i
filiform filiformibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies racemis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
leafy; foliosis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective foliosus, -a, -um; modifies racemis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
oblong oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
entire. integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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