periwinkle
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈpɛɹɪwɪŋk(ə)l/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈpɛɹiˌwɪŋkəl/
Noun

periwinkle (plural periwinkles)

  1. 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.
  2. Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
  3. A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
     
Synonyms Translations Translations Adjective

periwinkle

  1. Of pale bluish purple colour.
Translations Noun

periwinkle (plural periwinkles)

  1. A mollusk of genus Littorina.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: bigorneau, vigneau, vignot
  • German: Uferschnecke
  • Italian: litorina, littorale
  • Portuguese: litorina
  • Russian: литори́на
  • Spanish: bigarro



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