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Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

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


original Latin diagnosis
Vaccinium foliis integerrimis revolutis ovatis, caulibus repentibus filiformibus nudis.

English translation
Vaccinium with leaf blades entire, revolute, [and] ovate; [and] with the stems creeping, filiform, [and] naked.


English translation with commentary
Vaccinium Vaccinium
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
entire, integerrimis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective integerrimus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
revolute, revolutis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective revolutus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
ovate; ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with the stems caulibus - ablative plural of third declension masculine noun caulis, caulis
creeping, repentibus - ablative plural masculine of present active participle of third conjugation verb repo, -ere, -si, —; modifies caulibus
filiform, filiformibus - ablative plural masculine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies caulibus
[and] [added for smoother reading]
naked. nudis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies caulibus



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