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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-growing perennial plant (Catharanthus roseus) native to Madagascar, having pink or white flowers and cultivated as a groundcover and as a source of alkaloids used to treat diabetes, cancer, and other diseases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (
Vinca rosea ) having large pinkish to red flowers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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