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单词 periwinkle
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periwinkle1 /perˈi-wing-kl/

noun
  1. A creeping evergreen plant, growing in woods (Vinca minor and Vinca major; family Apocynaceae)
  2. The light blue colour of some of its flowers
adjective

Of this colour

ORIGIN: ME peruenke, from OE peruince, from L pervinca

periwinkle2 /perˈi-wing-kl/

noun
  1. (also pennˈywinkle, winkle) an edible gastropod with a spiral shell (Littorina littorea) abundant between tidemarks, or any other member of the genus Littorina
  2. Extended to other kinds
ORIGIN: OE (pl) pinewinclan (or perh winewinclan), from wincle a whelk
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