| periwinkle | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. periwinkle | chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers. |
| ~ genus vinca, vinca | periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials. |
| ~ myrtle, vinca minor | widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers. |
| ~ large periwinkle, vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes. |
| ~ subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base. |
| n. (plant) | 2. cape periwinkle, catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, madagascar periwinkle, old maid, periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, vinca rosea | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers. |
| ~ catharanthus, genus catharanthus | small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| n. (food) | 3. periwinkle, winkle | small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. |
| ~ winkle, periwinkle | edible marine gastropod. |
| ~ seafood | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc. |
| n. (animal) | 4. periwinkle, winkle | edible marine gastropod. |
| ~ seasnail | any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids. |
| ~ genus littorina, littorina | type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles. |
| ~ winkle, periwinkle | small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. |
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