vinca

[ ving-kuh ]

/ ˈvɪŋ kə /

Origin of vinca

1865–70; < New Latin Vinca type genus < Late Latin pervinca periwinkle²

Wigand alludes to an instance wherein there was a second pair of carpels above the first in Vinca herbacea.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
Infusum vinc minoris, L. From the leaves of lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor).

Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I |Arnold Cooley
In the immediate vicinity of the house, vinca minor (periwinkle) is used as ground cover.

Green Spring Farm |Ross Netherton
The pretty Mediterranean Periwinkle (Vinca acutiflora) is in full bloom.

Wood and Garden |Gertrude Jekyll

Thus Daphne laureola has a range of twenty-two days, whereas for Vinca minor the figure is 114.

Springtime and Other Essays |Francis Darwin

vinca

/ (ˈvɪŋkə) /

See periwinkle 2

New Latin, from Latin pervinca periwinkle

Vinca

[ vĭng′kə ]

A genus of evergreens usually found in the Eastern hemisphere.