periwinkle

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noun

1. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
subshrub, suffrutex
• Hyponyms:
myrtle, Vinca minor, large periwinkle, Vinca major
• Member Holonyms:
Vinca, genus Vinca
2. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
• Syn:
rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle,
cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus
3. small edible marine snail;
steamed in wine or baked
• Syn:
winkle
• Hypernyms:
seafood
• Substance Holonyms:
winkle
4. edible marine gastropod
• Syn:
winkle
• Hypernyms:
seasnail
• Member Holonyms:
Littorina, genus Littorina
• Substance Meronyms:
winkle

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  winkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea