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per·i·win·kle1

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–noun

1.	any of various marine gastropods or sea snails, esp. Littorina littorea, used for food in Europe.

2.	the shell of any of these animals.

[Origin: 1520–30; perh. reflecting (through assimilation to periwinkle²) OE pīnewincle, equiv. to pīne (< L pīna < Gk pǐna, var. of pínna kind of mollusk) + wincle, c. dial. Dan vinkel snail shell

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1.	Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.

2.	any of several similar plants of the genus Vinca or Catharanthus.

[Origin: 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 pervinca

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n.

Any of several small, often edible marine snails, especially of the genus Littorina, having thick, cone-shaped, whorled shells.
The shell of any of the periwinkles.

[Middle English *periwinkle, probably alteration (influenced by pervinkle, periwinkle (plant)) of Old English pīnewincle : Latin pīna, mussel (from Greek pīnē) + Old English -wincel, snail shell.]

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n.

Any of several shrubby, trailing, evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, especially V. minor, having glossy, dark green, opposite leaves and flowers with a blue, funnel-shaped corolla. Also called myrtle.
Any of several erect herbs of the genus Catharanthus, especially C. roseus, having flowers with a rose-pink or white salverform corolla and a closed throat.
A pale purplish blue.

[Middle English pervinkle, diminutive of pervinke, from Old English pervince, from Latin (vinca) pervinca, from pervincīre, to wind about.]

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periwinkle (1)

"evergreen plant," 1501, dim. of parvink (12c.), from O.E. perwince, from L.L. pervinca "periwinkle" (4c.), from L., from pervincire "to entwine, bind," from per- "thoroughly" + vincire "to bind, fetter."

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periwinkle (2)

"kind of sea snail," 1530, alt. of O.E. pinewincle, probably by infl. of M.E. parvink (see periwinkle (1)), from O.E. pine- (probably from L. pina "mussel," from Gk. pine) + wincel "corner."

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periwinkle
noun
1.	chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2.	commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
3.	small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
4.	edible marine gastropod

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periwinkle [ˈperiwiŋkl] noun

a blue-flowered trailing plant

Arabic:	حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع البَحر
Chinese (Simplified):	长春藤
Chinese (Traditional):	長春藤
Czech:	brčál
Danish:	vintergrøn
Dutch:	maagdenpalm
Estonian:	igihali
Finnish:	talvio
French:	pervenche
German:	das Immergrün
Greek:	βίγκα (είδος ποώδους φυτού)
Icelandic:	hörpulauf
Indonesian:	tanaman rambat berbunga biru
Italian:	pervinca
Japanese:	にちにち草の類

Korean:	협죽도과(科)의 식물
Latvian:	kapmirte
Lithuanian:	žiemė
Norwegian:	gravmyrt
Polish:	barwinek
Portuguese (Brazil):	pervinca
Portuguese (Portugal):	pervinca
Romanian:	brebenoc
Russian:	барвинок
Slovak:	zimozeleň
Slovenian:	zimzelen
Spanish:	flor de príncipe
Swedish:	vintergröna
Turkish:	Cezayir menekşesi

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Periwinkle

Lit"to*ri"na\, n. [NL. See Littoral.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

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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["o]l.) 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.

Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and F. canaliculata.

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