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What (who) is periwinkles - definition
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Periwinkle (herb); Periwinkle (botany); Periwinkle (plant); Perrywinkle; Perriwinkle; Periwinkle (disambiguation); Periwinkles
periwinkle
periwinkle1
¦ noun a plant with flat five-petalled flowers and glossy leaves, some kinds of which contain alkaloids used in medicine. [Genera Vinca and Catharanthus.]
Origin
OE peruince, from late L. pervinca, reinforced in ME by Anglo-Norman Fr. pervenke.
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periwinkle2
¦ noun another term for winkle.
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.
periwinkle
(periwinkles)
1.
Periwinkle is a plant that grows along the ground and has blue flowers.
N-VAR
2.
Periwinkles are small sea snails that can be eaten.
= winkle
N-COUNT
Periwinkle
·noun A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
II. Periwinkle ·noun Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. ·see Littorina.
Examples of use of periwinkles
1. There is little that might be called traditionally Arab in its commercialized ambience or cityscape of manicured roundabouts and 14–lane avenues lined with mimosa trees and purple periwinkles, save the street names: Sheikh Zayed Road, or Khalid Bin Walid Street.