Compound plants in the VMS ?

[R. Sale]

Even a potentially valid plant identification reveals nothing beyond itself.

I think it is possible that correct plant identifications could provide a crucial clue to deciphering the text. Very likely, the plant name is always at the beginning of the descriptive text and may occur only once. This opens different possibilities for investigation.

In the case of compound plants, identification would be practically impossible. Any effort in this direction would be doomed to failure from the start.

I do not disagree about the possibilities, such a breakthrough could be momentous, but so far this remains hypothetical. Meanwhile, here we are, with the long-standing and ongoing inability to make any such textual / linguistic connections as the current reality.

How about this? What VMs plant has the best identification? What names across a reasonable range of languages can be applied to that plant? What vord in the VMs text might represent that plant name? If that does not work, what are the prospects for progress in this method of investigation???