Vinca Definition

vĭngkə
vincas
noun

Periwinkle.

Webster's New World
Any of various periwinkles of the genus Vinca or the closely related genus Catharanthus.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • genus Vinca
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Vinceae "” the periwinkles.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Vinca

Noun

Singular:
vinca
Plural:
vincas

Origin of Vinca

  • New Latin Vinca genus name from Latin vinca (pervinca) periwinkle periwinkle2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin vinca pervinca (“the periwinkle (plant)")

    From Wiktionary

Vinca Sentence Examples

  • Bracts sometimes do not differ from the ordinary leaves, as in Veronica hederifolia, Vinca, Anagallis and Ajuga.

  • But the chief ornament of Lebanon is the Rhododendron ponticum, with its brilliant purple flower clusters; a peculiar evergreen, Vinca libanotica, also adds beauty to this zone.

  • Amongst indefinite forms the simplest occurs when a lateral shoot produced in the axil of a large single foliage leaf of the plant ends in a single flower, the axis of the plant elongating beyond, as in Veronica hederifolia, Vinca minor and Lysimachia nemorum.

  • A drawback with the vinca alkaloids has been the lack of a medicine that can be given by mouth.

  • Vinca vine and bacopa both drape well over the edges of pots and window boxes.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIN

Words Ending With

ACANCA

Unscrambles

vinca

Words Starting With V and Ending With A

Starts With V & Ends With AStarts With VI & Ends With AStarts With V & Ends With CA

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With V5 Letter Words Ending With A