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Madagascar periwinkle   Listen
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madagascar periwinkle  n.  (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea) having large pinkish to red flowers.
Synonyms: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea.





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"Madagascar periwinkle" Quotes from Famous Books



... plants and flowers in pots, and for nosegays, is kept on the Quai de la Megisserie, twice a week, very early in the morning; the following were the most abundant: Nerium double flowering pomegranate, vinca rosea, (Madagascar periwinkle) prickly lantana, peruvian heliotropium (turnsole) tuberoses, with very large and numerous single and double flowers, and very great quantities of common sweet basil, which is ...
— A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 • Richard Twiss


Words linked to "Madagascar periwinkle" :   herb, cayenne jasmine, herbaceous plant, Catharanthus roseus, rose periwinkle, Catharanthus, periwinkle, old maid, Vinca rosea, genus Catharanthus


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