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Daucus carota L.

Taxonomic history:
   1753: Linnaeus described this species as Daucus carota in Species Plantarum, 1st edition, p. 242.
   today: The current name for this species is Daucus carota L.


original Latin description
Daucus seminibus hispidis.

English translation
Daucus with seeds hispid.


English translation with commentary

Daucus Daucus
with seeds seminibus - ablative plural of third declension neuter noun semen, seminis
hispid. hispidis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective hispidus, -a, -um; modifies seminibus


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