periwinkle
periwinkle1
noun
periwinkle2
noun
noun
- an Old World plant with flat five-petalled flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as an ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine
长春花 - Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae
蔓长春花属和长春花属，夹竹桃科
- late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke. The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle
periwinkle2
noun
- another term for winkle
同 winkle
- mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin
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