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1. (n.) periwinkle
any of various small gastropod mollusks of the family Littorinidae, of intertidal waters.
2. (n.) periwinkle
any plant of the genus Vinca, of the dogbane family, esp. V. minor, having glossy evergreen foliage and usu. blue-violet flowers.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; earlier pervinkle, perwinkle, alter. (see -le ) of ME perwinke, pervinke < AF pervenke (OF pervenche) < LL pervinca, L vi(n)capervi(n)ca; cf. OE peruince, MHG ber(e)winke < LL)
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1. (noun) periwinkle
chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2. (noun) periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
3. (noun) periwinkle, winkle
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
4. (noun) periwinkle, winkle
edible marine gastropod
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Periwinkle
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
2. (noun) Periwinkle
a trailing herb of the genus Vinca
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Sense: a blue-flowered trailing plant.
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 Afrikaans: alikreukel |
 Arabic: حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع البَحر |
 Bulgarian: зимзелен |
 Brazilian: pervinca |
 Czech: brčál |
 German: das Immergrün |
 Danish: vintergrøn |
 Greek: βίγκα (είδος ποώδους φυτο |
 Spanish: flor de príncipe |
 Estonian: igihali |
 Farsi: پیچ تلگرافی |
 Finnish: talvio |
 French: pervenche |
 Hebrew: וִינקָה |
 Hindi: एक सदाबहार पौधा |
 Croatian: zimzelen |
 Hungarian: meténg |
 Indonesian: tanaman rambat berbunga b |
 Icelandic: hörpulauf |
 Italian: pervinca |
 Japanese: にちにち草の類 |
 Korean: (유럽 원산의 협죽도과(科) 식물) 빙카 |
 Lithuanian: žiemė |
 Latvian: kapmirte |
 Malay: periwinkel |
 Dutch: maagdenpalm |
 Norwegian: gravmyrt |
 Polish: barwinek |
 Persian: پیچ تلگرافی |
 Pashto: يوډل بوټى چه تل شين وى |
 Portuguese: pervinca |
 Romanian: brebenoc |
 Russian: барвинок |
 Slovak: zimozeleň |
 Slovenian: zimzelen |
 Serbian: zelenika |
 Swedish: vintergröna |
 Thai: พืชจำพวกพังพวยฝรั่ง |
 Turkish: Cezayir menekşesi |
 Taiwanese: (藍色花)長春花 |
 Ukrainian: барвінок |
 Urdu: ايک بيل دار پھول کا پودا |
 Vietnamese: cây dừa cạn |
 Chinese: 长春花 |
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