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Vaccinium ligustrinum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Vaccinium ligustrinum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 351 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
   today: The current name for this species is Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium racemis nudis, caule fruticoso, foliis crenulatis oblongis.

English translation
Vaccinium with racemes naked; with a stem shrubby; [and] with leaf blades crenulate [and] oblong.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with racemes racemis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun racemus, -i
naked; [i.e., not leafy] nudis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies racemis
with a stem caule - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
shrubby; fruticoso - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective fruticosus, -a, -um; modifies caule
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
crenulate crenulatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective crenulatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
oblong oblongis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective oblongus, -a, -um; modifies foliis



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