Cupressus sempervirens

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Cupressus sempervirens L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Cupressus sempervirens in Species Plantarum, edition 1, p. 1002.
today: The current name for this species is Cupressus sempervirens L.

original Latin description
Cupressus foliis imbricatis, frondibus quadrangulis.

English translation
Cupressus with leaves imbricate [and] branchlets quadrangular.

English translation with commentary

Cupressus Cupressus

with leaves foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i

imbricate imbricatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective imbricatis, -a, -um; modifies foliis

[and] [added for smoother reading]

branchlets frondibus. - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun frons, frondis

quadrangular. quadrangulis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective quadrangulus, -a, -um; modifies frondibus

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Cupressus	Cupressus
with leaves	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
imbricate	imbricatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective imbricatis, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and]	[added for smoother reading]
branchlets	frondibus. - ablative plural of third declension feminine noun frons, frondis
quadrangular.	quadrangulis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective quadrangulus, -a, -um; modifies frondibus