periwinkle has definitions from the fields of zoology,chemistry,food,botany
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[ noun ] (botany) chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Already the jonquils were blooming in a flock by the front gate , and the periwinkles were coming_on , blue by the porch steps .

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

Synonyms

winkle

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seafood

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[ noun ] (botany) commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

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herb Catharanthus

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[ noun ] (zoology) edible marine gastropod

Synonyms

winkle

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seasnail Littorina

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