Definitions
Pale blue-purple color.
Word origin
Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca).
Used in a sentence
“The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed.”
“Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.”
“He was working a pin into a periwinkle shell, turning it to extract the toothsome morsel of meat.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Blue-purple shade”10 letters
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