ALL meanings of periwinkle
per·i·win·kle
P p - noun periwinkle Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers. 1
- noun periwinkle any of several similar plants of the genus Vinca or Catharanthus. 1
- noun periwinkle a blue-violet color. 1
- noun periwinkle blue-violet flowering plant 1
- noun periwinkle animal: sea snail 1
- variable noun periwinkle Periwinkle is a plant that grows along the ground and has blue flowers. 0
- countable noun periwinkle Periwinkles are small sea snails that can be eaten. 0
- noun periwinkle any of various edible marine gastropods of the genus Littorina, esp L. littorea, having a spirally coiled shell 0
- noun periwinkle 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 0
- noun periwinkle a light purplish-blue colour 0
- noun periwinkle (as adjective) 0
- noun periwinkle any of a genus (Vinca) of trailing or erect, evergreen plants of the dogbane family; esp., a creeper (V. minor) with blue, white, or pink flowers, grown as a ground cover 0
- noun periwinkle any of a family (Littorinidae) of small, intertidal saltwater snails having a thick, globular shell: some species are edible 0
- noun periwinkle the shell of such a snail 0