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Definition of Vinca minor

Vinca minor
Periwinkle Per"i*win`kle, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. Note: The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle.

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- Vinca minor (common names lesser periwinkle or dwarf periwinkle) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, native to central and southern...
- Vinca (/ˈvɪŋkə/; Latin: vincire "to bind, fetter") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest...
- specific epithet major means "larger", in relation to the similar Vinca minor L. Vinca major is a trailing vine, spreading along the ground and rooting...
- Vinca alkaloids are a set of anti-mitotic and anti-microtubule alkaloid agents originally derived from the periwinkle plant Catharanthus roseus (basionym...
- family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. The color periwinkle is also...
- roseus or rosy periwinkle Vinca or European periwinkles Vinca major or greater periwinkle Vinca minor or lesser periwinkle Vinca herbacea or herbaceous periwinkle...
- Trachelospermum jasminoides: individual seeds, showing pappus Vinca major (seeds) Vinca minor: botanical plate showing paired fruits (no. 5) Wrightia tinctoria...
- extracted from either the seeds of Voacanga africana or the leaves of Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle). Vinpocetine has been used in many Asian and European...
- valvate aestivation Phlox (Phlox paniculata), contorted aestivation Vinca minor, contorted aestivation Ipomoea, contortiplicate aestivation The corolla...
- rarest migrant hawk-moths, a larva was discovered feeding on periwinkle Vinca minor. The adult has a greenish head, with rufous in front and a grey band...