HyperDic: genus_vinca

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Vinca:
NOUNplantgenus Vinca, Vincaperiwinkles
English > genus Vinca: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperiwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials.
SynonymVinca
Member ofApocynaceae, family Apocynaceae, dogbane familychiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers
Membersperiwinklechiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus vinca, vinca
Catalangenus vinca, Vinca, vinca

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