periwinkle
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
periwinkle (plural periwinkles)
- Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers. [from 10th c.]
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 220:
- The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 220:
- Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
- A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
- French: pervenche
- German: Immergrün
- Italian: pervinca
- Portuguese: pervinca
- Russian: барви́нок
- Spanish: vinca
periwinkle
- Of pale bluish purple colour.
- Italian: pervinca
periwinkle (plural periwinkles)
- A mollusk of genus Littorina.
- (mollusk) winkle
- French: bigorneau, vigneau, vignot
- German: Uferschnecke
- Italian: litorina, littorale
- Portuguese: litorina
- Russian: литори́на
- Spanish: bigarro
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