periwinkle
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(noun) edible marine gastropod |
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Synonyms: winkle |
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Related Words: seasnail |
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(noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked |
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Synonyms: winkle |
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Related Words: seafood |
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(noun) commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
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Synonyms: Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca rosea, cayenne jasmine, old maid, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle |
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Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant |
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(noun) chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers |
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Related Words: Vinca major, Vinca minor, large periwinkle, myrtle, subshrub, suffrutex |
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