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Periwinkle

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

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Senses

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edible marine gastropod

Wordset Dictionary

small edible marine snail

Wordset Dictionary

chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
old maidwinkle
plural
Periwinkles
possessive
Periwinkle's
pluralpossessive
Periwinkles'