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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
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