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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Periwinkle \Per"i*win'kle\, noun [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Winkle}.] (Zool.) 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 {Fulgur canaliculata}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Periwinkle \Per"i*win'kle\, noun [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus {Vinca}.
Note: 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}.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2: commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers [syn: {periwinkle}, {rose periwinkle}, {Madagascar periwinkle}, {old maid}, {Cape periwinkle}, {red periwinkle}, {cayenne jasmine}, {Catharanthus roseus}, {Vinca rosea}]
3: small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: {periwinkle}, {winkle}]
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