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Significados de Vinca rosea em inglês

Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers.

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      Examples for "periwinkle"
      Examples for "periwinkle"
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      The stars began to bloom in an inky sky of periwinkle blue.
      A golden web
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      There were, besides, some other sorts of shell-fish, particularly the large periwinkle.
      A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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      The trees were half in leaf, the sky was periwinkle blue.
      Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
      4
      Over the big old tombstones creep vines of ivy and periwinkle.
      Invisible Links
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      Her colors were bright -tangerine, periwinkle blue and beach-glassgreen.
      Reuters
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      A related species (the Madagascar periwinkle) was the original source of a number of vinca alkaloids which remain important in treating cancer.
      The Irish Times
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      They began almost to suspect the probity of the poor old maid.
      Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
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      She will not be the old maid of the family after all.
      Floyd Grandon's Honor
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      Compared to that, being an old maid looks mighty good, believe me.
      American empire: blood and iron
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      There was no love lost between the old maid and her relatives.
      Original Short Stories — Volume 05
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      The chevalier and the old maid, believing themselves alone, were talking aloud.
      Beatrix
      Uso de Vinca rosea em inglês
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      Vinca rosea.-Behavesin the same manner as the last species: 'Gardeners' Chronicle' 1861 page 699, 736, 831.
      The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingd...