Latin diagnosis
V. americanae similis sed foliis plantarum maturarum amplarum longioribus latioribusque, plantis frigore extremo enectis, differt.
Translation
Similar to V. americana but it [V. australis] differs with longer and wider leaves of large, mature plants [and] with plants killed by extreme cold.
| Similar | similis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective similis, -is, -e (takes dative) |
| to V[allisneria]. | V[allisneriae]. - dative singular of first declension feminine noun Vallisneria, -ae; object of similis |
| americana | americanae - dative singular feminine of group A adjective americana, -ae; modifies V[allisneria]. |
| but | sed - conjunction |
| it [Vallisneria australis] differs | differt - third person singular, present active indicative of irregular verb differo, differre, distuli, dilatus |
| with longer | longioribus - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| and | -que at the end of latioribusque - enclitic conjunction |
| wider, | latioribusque minus the terminal -que - ablative plural neuter of comparative degree of group A adjective latus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| leaves | foliis - ablative plural of 2nd declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| of large | amplarum - genitive plural feminine of group A adjective amplus, -a, -um; modifies plantarum |
| mature | maturarum - genitive plural feminine of group A adjective maturus, -a, -um; modifies plantarum |
| plants | plantarum - genitive plural of 1st declension feminine noun planta, -ae |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with plants | plantis - ablative plural neuter of 1st declension feminine noun planta, -ae |
| killed | enectis - ablative plural feminine of perfect passive participle of 1st conjugation verb eneco, -are, -avi, -tus; agrees with plantis |
| by extreme | extremo - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective extremus, -a, -um; modifies frigore |
| cold. | frigore - ablative singular of 3rd declension neuter noun frigus, frigoris |
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