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PERIWINKLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible marine gastropod
Synonyms:
periwinkle; winkle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("periwinkle" is a kind of...):
seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)
Meronyms (substance of "periwinkle"):
periwinkle; winkle (small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked)
Holonyms ("periwinkle" is a member of...):
genus Littorina; Littorina (type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
Synonyms:
periwinkle; winkle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("periwinkle" is a kind of...):
seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)
Holonyms ("periwinkle" is a substance of...):
periwinkle; winkle (edible marine gastropod)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
Synonyms:
Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; cayenne jasmine; Madagascar periwinkle; old maid; periwinkle; red periwinkle; rose periwinkle; Vinca rosea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("periwinkle" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("periwinkle" is a member of...):
Catharanthus; genus Catharanthus (small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("periwinkle" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "periwinkle"):
myrtle; Vinca minor (widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers)
large periwinkle; Vinca major (plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes)
Holonyms ("periwinkle" is a member of...):
genus Vinca; Vinca (periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials)
