periwinkle

In Australia, a name given to the gastropod Turbo undulatus.

A kind of seasnail; any member of the family Littorinidæ, and especially of the genus Littorina. See cuts under Littorina and Littorinidæ.

One of several large whelks or conch-shells, as Busycon (Fulgur) carica, Sycotypus canaliculatus, and various species of Purpura, as P. ostrina, P. lapillus, P. floridana: commonly called winkles or wrinkles. They are pests in the oyster-beds.

A plant of the genus Vinca, most often one or other of the familiar garden species, v. major, the larger, and v. minor, the lesser periwinkle.

A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See littorina.

A mollusk of genus Littorina.

A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.

Of pale bluish purple colour.

commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers