1. Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers 
2. Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
   - rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea 
3. Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
   - winkle 
4. Edible marine gastropod
   - winkle

Derived forms: periwinkles

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, seafood, seasnail, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus, genus Littorina, genus Vinca, Littorina, Vinca

Encyclopedia: Periwinkle

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