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periwinkle1 n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various edible marine gastropods of the genus Littorina, esp L. littorea, having a spirally coiled shell Often shortened to winkle [of unknown origin] periwinkle2 n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (US) creeping myrtle trailing myrtle any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a. a light purplish-blue colour b. (as adjective) a periwinkle coat [C14 pervenke, from Old English perwince, from Late Latin pervinca] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations periwinkle n (Bot) → Immergrün nt; (Zool) → Strandschnecke f periwinkle1 [ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkl] n (Bot) → pervinca periwinkle1 [ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkl] n (Bot) → pervinca periwinkle2 [ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkl] n (Zool) → littorina periwinkle2 [ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkl] n (Zool) → littorina n periwinkle [ˈperiwiŋkl] a blue-flowered trailing plant. alikreukel حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع البَحر зимзелен brčál vintergrøn das Immergrün βίγκα (είδος ποώδους φυτού) flor de príncipe igihali پیچ تلگرافی talvio pervenche וִינקָה एक सदाबहार पौधा zimzelen meténg tanaman rambat berbunga biru hörpulauf pervinca にちにち草の類 (유럽 원산의 협죽도과(科) 식물) 빙카 žiemė kapmirte periwinkel maagdenpalm gravmyrt barwinek pervinca brebenoc барвинок zimozeleň zimzelen zelenika vintergröna พืชจำพวกพังพวยฝรั่ง Cezayir menekşesi 長春藤 барвінок ايک بيل دار پھول کا پودا cây dừa cạn 长春藤 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Periwinkle is very much grown, and is expected to shut up her baby house and throw away her doll in a month or two more. "I should like to be a periwinkle," said he, mysteriously, "on the top of a valley, and sing tooralloo-ralloo. For December, and January, and the latter part of November, you must take such things as are green all winter: holly; ivy; bays; juniper; cypress-trees; yew; pine-apple-trees; fir-trees; rosemary; lavender; periwinkle, the white, the purple, and the blue; germander; flags; orangetrees; lemon-trees; and myrtles, if they be stoved; and sweet marjoram, warm set. |
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