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What is a vinca?

What is a vinca? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
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Various compounds have been identified as substrates such as peptides, vinca alkaloids, anthracyclines, and epipodophyllotoxins, among others.
Plant or vinca alkaloids are derived from plants and block cell division during mitosis.
Here, as in most parts of India, the vinca rosea grew luxuriously in every part of the village.
In the immediate vicinity of the house, vinca minor is used as ground cover.
This method works well with groundcovers and other plants that spread quickly, such as creeping thyme, mints, lamb's ears, ajuga, vinca, mums, asters, and daisies.
Anticancer compounds that are extracted from the periwinkle plant, Vinca rosea, are called the vinca alkaloids.

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