Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Quercus coccifera in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 995 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Quercus coccifera L.
original Latin diagnosis
Quercus foliis ovatis indivisis spinoso-dentatis glabris.
English translation
Quercus with leaf blades ovate, undivided, spinose-dentate, and glabrous.
| Quercus | Quercus |
| 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 |
| undivided, | indivisis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective indivisus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |
| spinose-dentate, | spinoso-dentatis - spinoso- (combining form of group A adjective spinosus, -a, -um) + dentatis (ablative plural neuter of group A adjective dentatus, -a, -um); modifies foliis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| glabrous. | glabris - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective glaber, glabra, glabrumum; modifies foliis |