| NOUN | plant | periwinkle | chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers |
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| plant | periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers | |
| food | periwinkle, winkle | small edible marine snail | |
| animal | periwinkle, winkle | edible marine gastropod |
| Meaning | chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers. | |
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| Member of | Vinca, genus Vinca | periwinkles |
| Narrower | large periwinkle, Vinca major | plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes |
| myrtle, Vinca minor | Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers | |
| Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
| Spanish | brusela, hierba doncella, vinca, vincapervinca | |
| Catalan | herba donzella, vinca ciliada, vinca, vincapervinca | |
| Meaning | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers. | |
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| Synonyms | rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea | |
| Member of | Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus | small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar / Madagascar |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | Vinca rosea | |
| Catalan | Catharanthus roseus | |
| Meaning | small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. | |
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| Synonym | winkle | |
| Broader | seafood | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
| Substance of | periwinkle, winkle | edible marine gastropod |
| Spanish | bígaro, litorina | |
| Catalan | cargolí | |
| Meaning | edible marine gastropod. | |
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| Synonym | winkle | |
| Member of | Littorina, genus Littorina | type genus of the family Littorinidae |
| Broader | seasnail | Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell |
| Substances | periwinkle, winkle | small edible marine snail |
| Spanish | bígaro | |
| Catalan | cargol de mar, cargolí | |
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