noun
definition
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
Examples of vinca in a Sentence
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.