亚洲网紅露点

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periwinkle

1

[ per-i-wing-kuhl ]

noun

  1. any of various marine gastropods or sea snails, especially Littorina littorea, used for food in Europe.
  2. the shell of any of these animals.


periwinkle

2

[ per-i-wing-kuhl ]

noun

  1. Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
  2. any of several similar plants of the genus Vinca or Catharanthus.
  3. a blue-violet color.

periwinkle

1

/ 藞辫蓻谤瑟藢飞瑟艐办蓹濒 /

noun

  1. any of various edible marine gastropods of the genus Littorina, esp L. littorea, having a spirally coiled shell Often shortened towinkle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

periwinkle

2

/ 藞辫蓻谤瑟藢飞瑟艐办蓹濒 /

noun

  1. Also called (US)creeping myrtletrailing 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
    1. a light purplish-blue colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      a periwinkle coat

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别谤顎僫路飞颈苍顎卥濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of periwinkle1

1520鈥30; perhaps reflecting (through assimilation to periwinkle 2 ) Old English 辫墨苍别飞颈苍肠濒别, equivalent to 辫墨苍别 (from Latin 辫墨苍补 from Greek 辫铆苍脓, 辫卯苍补, a kind of mollusk) + -wincel 鈥渟hellfish鈥 (occurring only in compounds), cognate with dialectal Danish vinkel 鈥渟nail shell鈥

Origin of periwinkle2

before 1000; earlier pervinkle, perwinkle, alteration ( -le ) of Middle English perwinke, pervinke, from Anglo-French pervenke ( Old French pervenche ,) from Late Latin pervinca, Latin vi(n)capervi(n)ca; compare Old English peruince, Middle High German ber(e)winke from Late Latin pervinca
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of periwinkle1

C16: of unknown origin

Origin of periwinkle2

C14 pervenke, from Old English perwince, from Late Latin pervinca
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She said the rivers and ponds used to brim with all kinds of animals and fish, particularly periwinkle.

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The scientists have already shown that several common flowers, such as periwinkles, petunias, and roses can be made to glow.

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Of course, Swift attracted the most attention while gracing the red carpet in a pretty periwinkle gown and her signature red lip.

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They recalled cleaning their graves in a cemetery whose stones, pottery and plantings of yucca and periwinkle were a window into ancestral burial practices.

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At the Center for Natural Lands Management鈥檚 Violet Prairie native seed farm in Thurston County, row after row of periwinkle, yellow and pink flowers stretch across 5 acres.

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