Definition of "vinca" []

• Any of the shrubby, evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, which includes the periwinkle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The name vincristine comes from vinca, the Latin word for “bind.”"
• "Periwinkles, also known as vinca, are one of the most popular warm-season annual bedding plants used in landscapes."
• "So if you just want to hold a shady slope in place then plants such as vinca are wonderful."