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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•i•win•kle1 /ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa small sea creature, a mollusk, that may be eaten.
per•i•win•kle2 /ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya plant having glossy evergreen leaves and usually blue-violet flowers.
Also called myrtle. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•i•win•kle1 (per′i wing′kəl),USA pronunciation n. - any of various marine gastropods or sea snails, esp. Littorina littorea, used for food in Europe.
- the shell of any of these animals.
- Greek pîna, variant of pínna kind of mollusk) + wincle, cognate with dialect, dialectal Danish vinkel snail shell
- Latin pīna
- perh. reflecting (through assimilation to periwinkle2) Old English pīnewincle, equivalent. to pīne (1520–30
- Plant BiologyAlso called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- Plant Biologyany of several similar plants of the genus Vinca or Catharanthus.
- Late Latin pervinca
- Late Latin pervinca, Latin vi(n)capervi(n)ca; compare Old English peruince, Middle High German ber(e)winke
- Anglo-French pervenke (Old French pervenche)
- earlier pervinkle, perwinkle, alteration (see -le) of Middle English perwinke, pervinke bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: periwinkle /ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkəl/ n - any of various edible marine gastropods of the genus Littorina, esp L. littorea, having a spirally coiled shell
Often shortened to: winkle
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin periwinkle /ˈpɛrɪˌwɪŋkəl/ n
Also called (US): creeping myrtle any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers
Etymology: 14th Century pervenke, from Old English perwince, from Late Latin pervinca |