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Piper malamiris L.

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


original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis ovatis acutiusculis subtus scabris: nervis quinque subtus elevatis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades ovate, slightly acute, [and] below scabrous, [and] with the veins five [and] below raised.


English translation with commentary
Piper Piper
with leaf blades foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
ovate, ovatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective ovatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
slightly acute, acutiusculis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective acutiusculus, -a, -um; modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
below subtus - adverb
scabrous, scabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective scabrus, -a, -um); modifies foliis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
with the veins nervis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun nervus, -i
five quinque - adjective (indeclinable); modifies nervis
[and] [added for smoother reading]
raised. elevatis - perfect passive participle, ablative plural masculine of first conjugation verb elevo, -are, -avi, -atum); modifies nervis



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