Vinca

See also: vinca, Vinça, and Vinçà

Translingual

Vinca minor

Etymology

Latin vinca pervinca (“the periwinkle (plant)”)

Proper noun

Vinca f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the periwinkles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Vinca minor, Vinca difformis, Vinca erecta, Vinca herbacea, Vinca major, Vinca soneri - species

References

• Vinca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vinca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Vinca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Vinca at USDA Plants database
• Vinca at The Plant List

Vilamovian

Proper noun

Vinca m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Vincent