Piper trifolium

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Piper trifolium L.

Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Piper rifolium in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 30.
today: The current name for this species is Peperomia trifolia (L.) A. Dietr.

original Latin diagnosis
Piper foliis ternis subrotundis.

English translation
Piper with leaf blades in threes [and] nearly round in outline.

English translation with commentary

Piper Piper

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

in threes ternis - ablative plural neuter of numerical distributive adjective terni, ternae, terna; modifies foliis

nearly round in outline. subrotundis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subrotundus, -a, -um; modifies foliis

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Piper	Piper
with leaf blades	foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i
in threes	ternis - ablative plural neuter of numerical distributive adjective terni, ternae, terna; modifies foliis
nearly round in outline.	subrotundis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective subrotundus, -a, -um; modifies foliis