English-Thai Dictionary

periwinkle

N พืช จำพวก พังพวย ฝรั่ง ตระกูล  Vinca myrtle vinca phud-jam-puek-fa-rang

 

periwinkle

N หอย ไม่มี กาบ ตระกูล  Littorinidae winkle hoi-mai-me-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERIWINKLE

n.[L. vinca. ] 1. A sea snail, or small shell fish.
2. A plant of the genus Vinca.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERIWINKLE

Per "i *win `kle, n. Etym: [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. Winkle. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and F. canaliculata.

 

PERIWINKLE

Per "i *win `kle, n. Etym: [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L.pervinca. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

 

Note: The common perwinkle (Vinca minor ) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

periwinkle

per i win kle 1 |ˈperiˌwiNGkəl ˈpɛriˌwɪŋkəl | ▶noun an Old World plant with flat, five-petaled flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals, and some contain alkaloids used in medicine. [Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae. ] ORIGIN late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke. The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle 2 .

 

periwinkle

per i win kle 2 |ˈpɛriˌwɪŋkəl ˈperiˌwiNGkəl | ▶noun another term for winkle. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

periwinkle

periwinkle 1 |ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk (ə )l | ▶noun an Old World plant with flat five-petalled flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine. ●Genera Vinca and Catharanthus, family Apocynaceae. ORIGIN late Old English peruince, from late Latin pervinca, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French pervenke. The change of -v- to -w- and the addition of -le seem to have occurred before the appearance of periwinkle 2 .

 

periwinkle

periwinkle 2 |ˈpɛrɪwɪŋk (ə )l | ▶noun another term for winkle. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

periwinkle

per i win kle 1 /périwɪ̀ŋk (ə )l /名詞 C U 〘植 〙ツルニチニチソウ 〘早春に開花する 〙.

 

periwinkle

per i win kle 2 名詞 C 〘貝 〙タマキビ 〘海産の巻き貝 〙.