pervenche de Madagascar

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.vɑ̃ʃ də ma.da.ɡas.kaʁ/

Noun

pervenche de Madagascar f (plural pervenches de Madagascar)

1. (France, Réunion) Synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)

Further reading

• “pervenche” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “pervenche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.