periwinkle plant derivative

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   an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer

   Broaderantineoplastic

   Narrowervinblastinevincristine

Questions about periwinkle plant derivative

What does periwinkle plant derivative mean?

periwinkle plant derivative means "an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer".

Is periwinkle plant derivative a common word?

periwinkle plant derivative 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.