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Vinca

[ US /ˈvɪŋkə/ ]
NOUN
  1. periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

How To Use Vinca In A Sentence

  • In addition to bone marrow suppression and renal toxicity, neurotoxicity is a commonly occurring side effect of widely used chemotherapeutic agents like taxanes, cisplatin and vinca alkaloids.
  • Heliotrope is never invasive, so it can be grown in patio containers where vinca, dusty miller, or marigolds make attractive companions for its delicate flowers.
  • This method works well with groundcovers and other plants that spread quickly, such as creeping thyme, mints, lamb's ears, ajuga, vinca, mums, asters, and daisies.
  • The late Professor E. Forbes describes [103] an instance of true foliar and true axile placentation in the same flower in _Vinca minor_. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • In the Test Garden we call it annual vinca (not to be confused with the perennial vinca that is a hardy ground cover).
  • Dry, shady spots beneath trees: Ground covers such as common periwinkle (vinca or "myrtle," if kept well-watered initially), blood-red hardy geranium, variegated Solomon's seal, hosta, lamium, lily-of-the-valley and pachysandra. HeraldTimesOnline.com
  • This method works well with groundcovers and other plants that spread quickly, such as creeping thyme, mints, lamb's ears, ajuga, vinca, mums, asters, and daisies.
  • The climbers will grow over the arch, shading the inside and creating a perfect environment for colorful, shade-loving flowers like impatiens, vinca, and begonias.
  • You've never seen a color pattern like this one, the first vinca with orchid blooms and a white center.
  • These physicians do scientific medicine no favors when they forget that foxglove/digoxin, vinca alkaloids and dozens of other botanically based therapies were once alternatives to less effective conventional therapies.
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