vinca

English Thesaurus

1. periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	periwinkle,
definition	:	chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	apocynaceae, dogbane family, family apocynaceae,
definition	:	chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs (noun.plant)