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VINCA MINOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vinca minor mean?
• VINCA MINOR (noun)
The noun VINCA MINOR has 1 sense:
1. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Familiarity information: VINCA MINOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
myrtle; Vinca minor
Hypernyms ("Vinca minor" is a kind of...):
periwinkle (chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers)
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