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  • noun small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca

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    Rational Review 2009

  • (since renamed catharanthus rosea) which bore the common name of Periwinkle.

    rediff.com 2009

  • (since renamed catharanthus rosea) which bore the common name of Periwinkle.

    rediff.com 2009

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