LekhoriLekhoriAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed.
Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
A mollusk of family Littorinidae.
He was working a pin into a periwinkle shell, turning it to extract the toothsome morsel of meat.
Of pale bluish purple colour.
Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca).
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