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Phleum pratense L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Phleum pratense in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 59.
   today: The current name for this species is Phleum pratense L.


original Latin diagnosis
Phleum spica cylindrica longissima.

English translation
Phleum with a spike cylindric [and] very long.


English translation with commentary
Phleum Phleum
with a spike spica - ablative singular of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
cylindric cylindrica - ablative singular feminine of group A adjective cylindricus, -a, -um; modifies spica
[and] [added for smoother reading]
very long. longissima - ablative singular feminine of superlative degree of group A adjective longus, -a, -um; modifies spica



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