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madagascar
geographical name(Mad-a-gas-car)
island located in the western Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa and noted for its unique flora and fauna; formerly a French territory; became a republic of the French Community as the Malagasy Republic or French République Malgache in 1958; name changed to Madagascar in 1975; capital Antananarivo area 226,657 square miles (589,308 square kilometers), population 21,842,000
madagascar
noun(Mad-a-gas-car)
rosy periwinkle
madagascar
noun(Mad-a-gas-car)
a commonly cultivated subshrub (Catharanthus roseus synonym Vinca rosea) of the dogbane family that is native to the Old World tropics and is the source of several antineoplastic drugs —called also Madagascar periwinkle, periwinkle

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