Vinca minor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Vinca minor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Vinca minor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vinca minor n widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers Synonym(s): myrtle, Vinca minor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus {Vinca}. Note: The common perwinkle ({Vinca minor}) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled {myrtle}. See under {Myrtle}.