periwinkle

[Per·i*win`kle]

A periwinkle is a tiny snail that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. Some east coast beaches are covered with small stones, shells, and periwinkles. It’s also a color, a purplish blue, just like the flowers on a periwinkle plant.

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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.

Noun
edible marine gastropod

Noun
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

Noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

Noun
chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

n.
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.

n.
A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

Periwinkle

Per"i*win`kle , n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. . Cf. Winkle.] (Zo'94l.) 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. &hand; In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and F. canaliculata.

Periwinkle

Per"i*win`kle, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. &hand; The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle.

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.

A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

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