Biscutella didyma

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Biscutella didyma L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Biscutella didyma in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 653 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
today: The current name for this species is Biscutella didyma L.

original Latin description
Biscutella siliculis orbiculato-didymis a stylo divergentibus.

English translation
Biscutella with silicules orbiculate-paired [and] from the style divergent.

English translation with commentary

Biscutella Biscutella

with silicules siliculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun silicula, -ae

orbiculate-paired orbiculato-didymis = orbiculato- (combining form of group A adjective orbiculatus, -a, -um) + (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective didymus, -a, -um); modifies siliculis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

from a - preposition

the style stylo - ablative singular of 2nd declension noun stylus, -1; object of preposition a

diverging. divergentibus - ablative plural feminine of present active participle of 3rd conjugation verb divergo, -ere, —, —; agrees with siliculis

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Biscutella	Biscutella
with silicules	siliculis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun silicula, -ae
orbiculate-paired	orbiculato-didymis = orbiculato- (combining form of group A adjective orbiculatus, -a, -um) + (ablative plural feminine of group A adjective didymus, -a, -um); modifies siliculis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
from	a - preposition
the style	stylo - ablative singular of 2nd declension noun stylus, -1; object of preposition a
diverging.	divergentibus - ablative plural feminine of present active participle of 3rd conjugation verb divergo, -ere, —, —; agrees with siliculis