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Periwinkle (Noun)

Meaning 1

Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

  • Winkle

Meaning 2

Edible marine gastropod.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

  • Winkle

Meaning 3

Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Hypernyms

  • Suffrutex

Hyponyms

  • Vinca Minor
  • Vinca Major

Meaning 4

Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

  • Rose Periwinkle
  • Madagascar Periwinkle
  • Catharanthus Roseus
  • Vinca Rosea
  • Old Maid
  • Red Periwinkle
  • Cape Periwinkle
  • Cayenne Jasmine

Hypernyms

  • Herbaceous Plant
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