botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia clas. It has two erect follicles; the seeds are plumose; and the tube of the corolla terminates in a hirsute corona. There are four species, two of them natives of Britain, viz. the minor, or periwinkle; and major, or greater periwinkle.

Cape Vincent, the most south-west promontory of Portugal: W. long. 10°, and N. lat. 36° 35'.

St Vincent, one of the Caribbee islands, seventy-five miles west of Barbadoes.

St Vincent, is also a province of Brazil, bounded by the Rio Janiero on the north, by the Atlantic on the east, by the province of del Rey on the south, and by that of the Spanish La Plata on the west.

Vindemiation, the gathering of the grapes, or other ripe fruits, as apples, pears, cherries, &c.

Vindemiatrix, or Vindemiator, a fixed star of the third magnitude in the constellation Virgo.

Vine. See Vitis.