pervinca
Italian
Etymology
Continues Late Latin pervinca (4th century), from Latin pervincire (“to entwine, bind, fetter”). From per- (“thoroughly”) and vincio (“to bind, fetter”).
Noun
pervinca f (plural pervinche)
- periwinkle (plant)
Noun
pervinca m (invariable)
- periwinkle (colour)
Adjective
pervinca (invariable)
Portuguese
Noun
pervinca f (plural pervincas)
- periwinkle (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca)
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- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
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- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
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- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- it:Dogbane family plants
- it:Flowers
- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns