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Milium effusum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Milium effusum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 61.
   today: The current name for this species is Milium effusum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Milium foliis dispersis.

English translation
Milium with leaves spread about.


English translation with commentary
Milium Milium
with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, folii
spread about. dispersis - ablative plural neuter of perfect participle of third conjugation verb dispergo, dispergere, dispersi, dispersum; modifies foliis



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