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rosy periwinkle — rō zē n a commonly cultivated shrub (Catharanthus roseus syn. Vinca rosea) of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) that is native to the Old World tropics and is the source of several antineoplastic drugs (as vinblastine and vincristine) called also… … Medical dictionary
rosy periwinkle — rausvasis katarantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catharanthus roseus), paplitęs Madagaskare. atitikmenys: lot. Catharanthus roseus angl. Cape periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; old… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
periwinkle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English perwinke, from Old English perwince, from Vulgar Latin *pervinca, short for Latin vincapervinca Date: before 12th century 1. any of several trailing or woody evergreen herbs of the dogbane family: as a. (1) a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
periwinkle — SYN: Vinca rosea. * * * per·i·win·kle per i .wiŋ kəl n any of several trailing or woody evergreen plants of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) esp ROSY PERIWINKLE * * * peri·win·kle (perґe wing″kəl) 1. any of several woody herbs of the… … Medical dictionary
Cape periwinkle — rausvasis katarantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catharanthus roseus), paplitęs Madagaskare. atitikmenys: lot. Catharanthus roseus angl. Cape periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; old… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Madagascar periwinkle — rausvasis katarantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catharanthus roseus), paplitęs Madagaskare. atitikmenys: lot. Catharanthus roseus angl. Cape periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; old… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
rose periwinkle — rausvasis katarantas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Stepukinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis augalas (Catharanthus roseus), paplitęs Madagaskare. atitikmenys: lot. Catharanthus roseus angl. Cape periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; old… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Madagascar periwinkle — Mad·a·gas·car periwinkle .mad ə gas kər , .kär n ROSY PERIWINKLE * * * Vinca rosea … Medical dictionary
Madagascar periwinkle — noun Etymology: Madagascar, Africa Date: 1821 rosy periwinkle … New Collegiate Dictionary
Commercialization of traditional medicines — Biopiracy is a negative term for the appropriation, generally by means of patents, of legal rights over indigenous knowledge particularly indigenous biomedical knowledge without compensation to the indigenous groups who originally developed such… … Wikipedia
