ROSY PERIWINKLE


Meaning of ROSY PERIWINKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1982

: a commonly cultivated subshrub ( Catharanthus roseus syn. Vinca rosea ) of the dogbane family that is native to the Old World tropics and is the source of several antineoplastic drugs — called also Madagascar periwinkle, periwinkle

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