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Piper aduncum L.

Taxonomic history:
    1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper aduncum in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 29.
   today: The current name for this species is Piper aduncum L.


original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis ovato-lanceolatis: nervis alternis, spicis uncinatis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades ovate-lanceolate, the veins alternate; with spikes hook-shaped.


English translation with commentary
Piper Piper
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ovate-lanceolate, ovato-lanceolatis - ovato- (combining form of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um) + lanceolatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lanceolatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis
the veins nervis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun nervus, -i
alternate; alternatis - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective alternatus, -a, -um); modifies nervis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with spikes spicis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun spica, -ae
hook-shaped. uncinatis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective uncinatus, -a, -um; modifies spicis



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