Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun periwinkle

4 senses of periwinkle

Sense 1
periwinkle -- (chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers)
       => subshrub, suffrutex -- (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Sense 2
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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 3
periwinkle, winkle -- (small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked)
       => seafood -- (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Sense 4
periwinkle, winkle -- (edible marine gastropod)
       => seasnail -- (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)