rosy periwinkle
rosy periwinkle
nounDefinition of ROSY PERIWINKLE
: a commonly cultivated subshrub (Catharanthus roseus syn. Vinca rosea) of the dogbane family that is native to the Old World tropics and is the source of several antineoplastic drugs —called also Madagascar periwinkle, periwinkle
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1982
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