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vinca

n. Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus ''Vinca'', including the periwinkle

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Vinca (disambiguation)

Vinca can refer to

  • Vinca, one of two genera of plants with the common name Periwinkle
  • Catharanthus roseus, an annual bedding plant common name Vinca
  • Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade
  • Vinča-Belo Brdo, an archaeological site in the Belgrade suburb
  • Vinča culture, an archaeological culture named after the archaeological site
  • Vinca Nuclear Institute, also near Belgrade
  • Vinca, the Hungarian name for Vinţa village, Lupșa Commune, Alba County, Romania
  • Vinça, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in France
Vinça

Vinça is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

Vinča (Topola)

Vinča is a village in the municipality of Topola, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1176 people.

Usage examples of "vinca".

One was that a hundred pounds of pure, weapons-grade Uranium 235 was lodged at the secret Vinca Institute in the heart of Belgrade.

Before he quit Belgrade, a thumbnail-sized sample of Uranium 235 was stolen from the Vinca Institute, and the records were changed to show that a full fifteen kilograms had really gone missing.

Mike the yardman arrived, Ellery pointed him toward the mulch and vinca, with instructions to mulch first, then plant.

A pair of redwood planters filled with geraniums and vinca vines sat as decoration flanking the door to the screened area.

Europe, in Romania and Bulgaria in what is known as the Vinca culture.

For the present, however, the Vinca markings do not comprise full-blown scripts, while the tablets discovered in and around the Indus region are only a handful of examples.

It opened onto a small enclosed garden that in the summer bloomed with impatiens and pansies, vinca and lobelia, and that today featured dirt, a bench and a hundred square feet of brown lawn.

When Vincas saw the way they lined up, he smiled and pushed himself upright with his cane.

He raised a hand as if to block argument, but Vincas was savoring the implied compliment too much to remonstrate.

Besides, Vincas had always been a courteous and undemanding guest, far less eccentric than most of his peers.

He smiled at Vincas, stood, and courteously pulled the empty chair out far enough.

Shlomo, this splendid old wreck is none other than the renowned Vincas Apollo Magus.

The mention of income reminded Vincas of the hot copper and he suffered a terrible thought.

The mild tingling Vincas enjoyed while gazing at the Plant from several miles away would swell to agony close at hand.

Mage Mokshananda cried from the front row and in a heartbeat Vincas went from intrigued to anxious.