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periwinkle
periwinkle in botany: see dogbane .
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COUNTRY & GARDEN: Herbs - NO 49: PERIWINKLE
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the most touching stories regarding periwinkle comes from Rousseau's Confessions...delight when she saw the blue flowers of periwinkle in a hedge as they were driving past...Thirty years later, spotting some periwinkle flowers in a hedge, he drew the attention...
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AG CENTER HORTICULTURIST ADVICES 'YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS WITH PERIWINKLES'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...our climate. The vinca or periwinkle we use as a bedding plant...commonly known as vinca or periwinkle. Even though they go by...with the bedding plant. Periwinkle has a long history of use...1980s the color selection for periwinkles basically was limited to...
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A White Periwinkle Flower.(Excerpt)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...there is one with a printed image of a periwinkle flower. Whoever had given it to me...window on New Year s Eve. A cold, white periwinkle flower on a blue field, wispy as smoke...Year's holiday, I gazed at the white periwinkle flower as if to satisfy an inner urge...
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Putting the Kibosh on Periwinkle
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...daylilies that came with an unwanted hitchhiker -- periwinkle. The periwinkle has flourished in my improved garden soil and now...would it be safe to spray an herbicide on the periwinkle while the daylily, cotoneaster and grass are dormant...
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Biochemical differences between trail mucus and adhesive mucus from marsh periwinkle snails.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...mucus of the marsh periwinkle Littorina irrorata...mucous gel. Marsh periwinkles use mucus to glue...Smith, 1992), periwinkles alternate between...biochemical structure of periwinkle mucus. As with...from the marsh periwinkle Littorina irrorata...the tenacity of periwinkles using ...
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Board of Health OKs safety plan for Periwinkles; Restaurant owner faces charges of taking lobsters from wreck.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 1/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...being treated unfairly, the owner of Periwinkles & Giorgio's Italian Pub and...Arnold A. Villatico, 54, owner of Periwinkles, to hire a consultant to create a Hazard...July 28, police seized lobsters from Periwinkles and from a refrigerated truck on the...
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Bad acid: ocean's pH drop threatens snail defense.(This Week)(periwinkles' defense system)
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...acidity. The common periwinkle (Littorina littorea...had little effect on periwinkles' shells--except...Doney. Rundle says the periwinkle work aims to explore...species. The common periwinkle creeps along much of...Rundle. The frailest periwinkles get crushed and eaten...
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Molecular and biochemical analysis of a madagascar periwinkle root-specific minovincinine-19-hydroxy-o-acetyltransferase
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Biochemical Analysis of a Madagascar Periwinkle Root-Specific Minovincinine-19...0-acetyltransferases in Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus G. Don). Two...important medicinal plant Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus G. Don), is...
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Three-day Periwinkle event for awareness
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/19/2000; 322 words
; ...Straits Times 11-19-2000 Three-day Periwinkle event for awareness Edition: New Sunday...Makna) is organising a three-day Periwinkle celebration beginning today. The grand...will be lighted purple to signify the periwinkle flower. The objective of the celebration...
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Lance Armstrong Foundation Funds Key Cancer Survivorship Programs in Texas; Grants Bestowed on Periwinkle Foundation and Texas Partnership for End-of-Life Care.
Business Wire; 4/14/2003; 700+ words
; ...The recipients of the grants, The Periwinkle Foundation and the Texas Partnership...survivors and their loved ones. The Periwinkle Foundation, based in Houston, Texas, hosts Camp Periwinkle for children ages seven to 15. The...
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Periwinkle
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Periwinkle Description An herbal remedy with a rich history in folk medicine, periwinkle is the common name for a pair of perennial...spirits. There are two main varieties: lesser periwinkle ( Vinca minor ), which is also called common...
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periwinkle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
periwinkle any of a group of marine...conical, spiral shells. Periwinkles feed on algae and seaweed...species, called the common periwinkle, has become well established...and the Pacific coasts. Periwinkles are classified in the...
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dogbane
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Hodgkin's disease were discovered in the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus. Quebracho is obtained from Aspidosperma...oleander ( Thevetia neriifolia ), and the small blue-flowered periwinkles, or running myrtle (chiefly Vinca minor ), all of which...
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Drug Regulation
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...The anticancer activity of the chemicals found in the rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus ) was discovered accidentally. Native...Australia, India, and South Africa traditionally used the rosy periwinkle to treat diabetes. Two scientists tested the extract to find...
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Herbal Medicine
Book article from: Biology
...herbal remedies. Many modern medicines are synthetic versions of plant-derived "natural products." A compound from a periwinkle plant, for example, served as the basis for a powerful drug that fights leukemia. Poppies provide alkaloids such as morphine...
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