large periwinkle

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   plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes

   SynonymsVinca major

   Broaderperiwinkle

Questions about large periwinkle

What does large periwinkle mean?

large periwinkle means "plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes".

What is another word for large periwinkle?

Close synonyms include Vinca major. 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 large periwinkle a common word?

large periwinkle 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.