noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
• Syn:
↑periwinkle, ↑rose periwinkle, ↑Madagascar periwinkle, ↑old maid, ↑Cape periwinkle, ↑red periwinkle, ↑Catharanthus roseus, ↑Vinca rosea
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Catharanthus, ↑genus Catharanthus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.