Vinca
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noun.
Any of various periwinkles of the genus
Vinca
or the closely related genus
Catharanthus.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order
Apocynaceæ
, tribe
Plumerieæ
, and subtribe
Euplumerieæ.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Any of several
evergreen
shrubs
, of the genus
Vinca
, including the
periwinkle
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
Word Usage
"The name vincristine comes from vinca, the Latin word for “bind.”"
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
dicot genus
magnoliopsid genus
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Glinka
Inca