Definitions for Vinca

Vinca vin·ca

Spelling: [ving-kuh]
IPA: /ˈvɪŋ kə/

Vinca is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in Vinca (acinv).

Definitions for Vinca

noun

  1. periwinkle2 .

Origin of Vinca

1865-70; New Latin Vinca type genus Late Latin pervinca periwinkle2

Examples for Vinca

Infusum vinc minoris, L. From the leaves of lesser periwinkle (vinca minor).

The pretty Mediterranean Periwinkle (vinca acutiflora) is in full bloom.

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

The caterpillar feeds on the Oleander (Nerium oleander), and also on the lesser periwinkle (vinca minor).

Many choice greenhouse evergreens bearing fine circular flowers and shining foliage are also included under the name of vinca.

vinca, ving′ka, n. a genus of woody herbaceous plants of the dogbane family, the periwinkles.

In the immediate vicinity of the house, vinca minor (periwinkle) is used as ground cover.

Here, as in most parts of India, the vinca rosea grew luxuriously in every part of the village.

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

Word Value for Vinca
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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