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vinca


vin·ca

V0104250 (vĭng′kə)n. Any of various periwinkles of the genus Vinca or the closely related genus Catharanthus.
[New Latin Vinca, genus name, from Latin vinca (pervinca), periwinkle; see periwinkle2.]

vinca

(ˈvɪŋkə) n (Plants) See periwinkle2[New Latin, from Latin pervinca periwinkle]

per•i•win•kle1

(ˈpɛr ɪˌwɪŋ kəl)

n. any of various small gastropod mollusks of the family Littorinidae, of intertidal waters. [1520–30; perhaps reflecting (through assimilation to periwinkle2) Old English pīnewincle=pīne (< Latin pīna < Greek pîna, variant of pínna kind of mollusk) + wincle, c. dial. Dan vinkel snail shell]

per•i•win•kle2

(ˈpɛr ɪˌwɪŋ kəl)

n. any plant of the genus Vinca, of the dogbane family, esp. V. minor, having glossy evergreen foliage and usu. blue-violet flowers. Also called myrtle. [before 1000; earlier pervinkle, perwinkle, alter. (see -le) of Middle English perwinke, pervinke < Anglo-French pervenke (Old French pervenche) < Late Latin pervinca, Latin vi(n)capervi(n)ca; compare Old English peruince, Middle High German ber(e)winke < Late Latin] per′i•win`kled, adj.
Thesaurus
Noun1.vinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennialsVinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennialsgenus Vincadicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationApocynaceae, dogbane family, family Apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugsperiwinkle - chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Vinca


Vinča

 

a Neolithic culture (end of the fifth, beginning of the fourth millenium B.C.) on the Balkan Peninsula. This culture was widespread mainly in the valleys of the Vardar and Morava rivers. It derives its name from the vinča Tell (10m high) on the southern bank of the Danube near Belgrade (excavations were carried out here by M. Vasić beginning in 1908). Only the foundation layers of the vinča Tell date back to the vinča culture proper. The most ancient dwellings of the culture were semidugouts; later dwellings were rectangular, timber structures. Implements include long-bladed stone axes with curved edges, hoes, and adzes made of deer antlers; other tools were made of obsidian. Small objects were fashioned of copper. The delicate, gray and black, glazed ceramics have ribbon-like incised ornamentation forming spiral and winding designs. Of interest are the anthropomorphic and zoomorphic vessels and figurines. The population engaged in farming, livestock raising, and fishing. The vinča culture replaced the Starcevo culture.

REFERENCES

Vasić, M. Preistoriska vinča, vols. 1-4. Belgrade, 1932-36.
Milojčć, V. “Köröš—Starčevo—Vinča.” In Reinecke—Festschrift .… Mainz, 1950.
Garašanin, M. V. Hronologija vinčanske grupe. Ljubljana, 1951.

V. S. TITOV

Vinca


Vinca

(vĭn′kă) A genus of herbs including periwinkles, from which vincristine and vinblastine are obtained.

VINCA


AcronymDefinition
VINCA➣Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses (Austria)

Vinca


  • noun

Synonyms for Vinca

noun periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

Synonyms

  • genus Vinca

Related Words

  • dicot genus
  • magnoliopsid genus
  • Apocynaceae
  • dogbane family
  • family Apocynaceae
  • periwinkle
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