catharanthus roseus

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   commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

   Synonymsperiwinklerose periwinkleMadagascar periwinkleold maidCape periwinklered periwinklecayenne jasmineVinca rosea

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   Part ofCatharanthus

Questions about catharanthus roseus

What does catharanthus roseus mean?

catharanthus roseus means "commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers".

What is another word for catharanthus roseus?

Close synonyms include periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catharanthus roseus a common word?

catharanthus roseus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.