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periwinkle - chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers |
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subshrub,
suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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genus vinca,
vinca periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
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myrtle,
vinca minor widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
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large periwinkle,
vinca major plant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes
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periwinkle - edible marine gastropod |
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seasnail any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
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genus littorina,
littorina type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles
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periwinkle,
winkle edible marine gastropod
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periwinkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked |
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winkle |
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seafood edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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periwinkle,
winkle edible marine gastropod
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periwinkle - commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
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herb,
herbaceous plant aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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catharanthus,
genus catharanthus small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
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