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		noun ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l 1An Old World plant with flat five-petalled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine. Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae  Example sentencesExamples -  We make our way carefully through the periwinkle, a little wild patch of lilies of the valley, and some vicious canes of blackberry.
 -  At the base of a tree, for example, you might have better luck with wood chips or shade-loving ornamental plants like ivy, periwinkle, or pachysandra.
 -  You can even plant periwinkle, bugle and ground ivy in the gaps in your log or rock pile - this could make a fun project for an older child.
 -  Like Mexican heather, periwinkles are tender.
 -  I painted cream-colored ivy and periwinkle flowers on the Lincoln green wood.
 -  I found periwinkles and primroses in full flower, bluebells, just coming along nicely thank you, grape hyacinths, and polyanthus.
 -  We crept close to a house, knelt into monkey grass or button weed or periwinkle, and looked through the lighted windows.
 -  The corolla of the normal periwinkle flower is salver-shaped and the stamens are located in the throat of the corolla tube.
 
 - 1.1mass noun A purple-blue colour like that of a periwinkle flower.
 the sky was a clear periwinkle and the sun sparkled like a shiny jewel as modifier Anne was wearing a periwinkle evening gown with small puffed sleeves  Example sentencesExamples -  The basic color scheme is a soft buttery yellow for the cabinets, with periwinkle blue on the cabinet handles.
 -  She started by choosing light and midtone shades of the same four colors - periwinkle, yellow, green, and peachy white.
 -  Rather than removing the fence, or disguising it with vines or shrubs, the owners had it painted periwinkle blue.
 -  Rubbing at her tired eyes, she looked outside, seeing the ethereal colors of dawn, the light purples, periwinkle blues mixing together.
 -  She bent to retrieve the periwinkle colored ribbon neatly folded on the floor.
 -  His models wore white pan stick, triangular crimped wigs and periwinkle boots.
 -  The style is available in sizes M-2XL in brick, plum, periwinkle, lime, denim, pine, and orange.
 -  Periwinkle eye shadow was dusted across her eyelids.
 -  She painted the oven doors periwinkle blue then touched up knobs and dials in a bright orange enamel paint.
 -  It's a light purple, almost a periwinkle, sleeveless, and with little diamonds all over.
 
  
 
 Origin   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 periwinkle2. noun ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l another term for winkle  Example sentencesExamples -  In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester brought down tons of periwinkles and hermit crabs.
 -  Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
 -  The fish in this dish consists of whatever the fishermen caught earlier that morning - usually prawns, mussels, periwinkles, cod and sometimes octopus.
 -  In Galway Bay, Ireland, a live limpet or periwinkle used to be placed at the corners of the house to ensure successful fishing.
 -  Crabs are a particular favourite of mine - shore crabs are numerous, and every other periwinkle shell seems to harbour a hermit crab.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.    nounˈperēˌwiNGk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l 1An Old World plant with flat five-petaled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine. Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae  Example sentencesExamples -  We make our way carefully through the periwinkle, a little wild patch of lilies of the valley, and some vicious canes of blackberry.
 -  I painted cream-colored ivy and periwinkle flowers on the Lincoln green wood.
 -  Like Mexican heather, periwinkles are tender.
 -  At the base of a tree, for example, you might have better luck with wood chips or shade-loving ornamental plants like ivy, periwinkle, or pachysandra.
 -  You can even plant periwinkle, bugle and ground ivy in the gaps in your log or rock pile - this could make a fun project for an older child.
 -  We crept close to a house, knelt into monkey grass or button weed or periwinkle, and looked through the lighted windows.
 -  The corolla of the normal periwinkle flower is salver-shaped and the stamens are located in the throat of the corolla tube.
 -  I found periwinkles and primroses in full flower, bluebells, just coming along nicely thank you, grape hyacinths, and polyanthus.
 
 - 1.1 A purple-blue color like that of a periwinkle flower.
 the sky was a clear periwinkle and the sun sparkled like a shiny jewel as modifier Anne was wearing a periwinkle evening gown with small puffed sleeves  Example sentencesExamples -  Rubbing at her tired eyes, she looked outside, seeing the ethereal colors of dawn, the light purples, periwinkle blues mixing together.
 -  It's a light purple, almost a periwinkle, sleeveless, and with little diamonds all over.
 -  She started by choosing light and midtone shades of the same four colors - periwinkle, yellow, green, and peachy white.
 -  The style is available in sizes M-2XL in brick, plum, periwinkle, lime, denim, pine, and orange.
 -  She bent to retrieve the periwinkle colored ribbon neatly folded on the floor.
 -  His models wore white pan stick, triangular crimped wigs and periwinkle boots.
 -  Rather than removing the fence, or disguising it with vines or shrubs, the owners had it painted periwinkle blue.
 -  The basic color scheme is a soft buttery yellow for the cabinets, with periwinkle blue on the cabinet handles.
 -  Periwinkle eye shadow was dusted across her eyelids.
 -  She painted the oven doors periwinkle blue then touched up knobs and dials in a bright orange enamel paint.
 
  
 
 Origin   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. nounˈperēˌwiNGk(ə)lˈpɛriˌwɪŋk(ə)l another term for winkle  Example sentencesExamples -  In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester brought down tons of periwinkles and hermit crabs.
 -  Here the interior is inlaid with millions of beautiful shells, scallops, paloudres, clams, periwinkles, mussels, oysters and rogans.
 -  The fish in this dish consists of whatever the fishermen caught earlier that morning - usually prawns, mussels, periwinkles, cod and sometimes octopus.
 -  In Galway Bay, Ireland, a live limpet or periwinkle used to be placed at the corners of the house to ensure successful fishing.
 -  Crabs are a particular favourite of mine - shore crabs are numerous, and every other periwinkle shell seems to harbour a hermit crab.
 
 
 Origin   Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.     |