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GENUS VINCA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

Synonyms:

genus Vinca; Vinca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Vinca" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vinca"):

periwinkle (chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Vinca" is a member of...):

Apocynaceae; dogbane family; family Apocynaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs)

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