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Definitions: Periwinkle |
PeriwinkleNoun1. Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers. 2. Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers. 3. Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. 4. Edible marine gastropod. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "periwinkle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
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Literature | Periwinkle The bind-around plant. (Anglo-Saxon, pinewincle; French, pervenche; Latin, pervincio, to bind thoroughly.) In Italy it used to be wreathed round dead infants, and hence its Italian name, fior di morto. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: PeriwinkleSynonyms: cayenne jasmine (n), old maid (n), red periwinkle (n), rose periwinkle (n), winkle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Periwinkle |
| English words defined with "periwinkle": Cape periwinkle, creeper ♦ large periwinkle ♦ Madagascar periwinkle ♦ Oncovin ♦ periwinkle plant derivative, Pinpatch ♦ red periwinkle, rose periwinkle ♦ Velban, vinblastine, vincristine. (references) |
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Screenplays | Periwinkle. It's periwinkle! (Joe's Apartment; writing credit: John Payson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Periwinkle (1917) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Cordgrass plant nearly covered at high tide. Note the periwinkle snail, Littorina irrorata, that has climbed high on the grass blade and avoided being covered by the tide.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Periwinkle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Periwinkle" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.92% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 15.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "periwinkle": Cape periwinkle ♦ large periwinkle ♦ Madagascar periwinkle ♦ periwinkle blue ♦ periwinkle plant derivative ♦ red periwinkle ♦ rose periwinkle. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "periwinkle": periwinkle-blue. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | mëtrik, kërmill deti (conch, Winkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العناقية نبتة معترشة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | морски охлюв, зимзелен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | brèál. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | strandsnegl (buckie, wheelk, winkle), rosefarvet vintergrønsbusk (Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alikruik (buckie, wheelk, winkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | litorino (winkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pervenche, bigorneau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | uferschnecke, Strandschnecke (buckie, wheelk, winkle), Immergrün (evergreen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σάλιαγκασ, βίγκα η ρόδινη (Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle), μυρτιά (myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | télizöld, parti csiga (Winkle), meténg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | faocha. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pervinca, chiocciola di spiaggia (buckie, wheelk, winkle), chiocciola di mare (buckie, wheelk, winkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 細螺 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きしゃ", きさ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus ny feoghaig, fughage, feoghaig (roll of hair, winkle), blaa ny feoghaig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eriwinklepay pervinca de Madagáscar (Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle), congoça de Madagáscar (Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle), chinó (toupee, wig), borrelho (buckie, wheelk, winkle). (various references) brebenoc. (various references) барвинок малый. (various references) gnamhan, faochag. (various references) zimzelen (evergreen). (various references) vincapervinca, bígaro (buckie, wheelk, winkle). (various references) snäcka (fusee, scroll, shell, snail, worm). (various references) küçük bir tür deniz salyangozu, deniz salyangozu (whelk, Winkle), cezayir menekşesi. (various references) барвінок. (various references) gwichiad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Catharanthus roseus, Littorina littorea, Lochnera rosea, pina, Vinca rosea. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "periwinkle": periwinkles. (additional references) | |
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"Periwinkle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Peerybingle, perriwinkle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-k-l-n-p-r-w" | |
-2 letters: pinelike, wirelike. | |
-3 letters: plinker, wrinkle. | |
-4 letters: inkier, inlier, kelpie, kernel, lierne, linier, linker, penile, pinier, pinker, pinkie, reline, relink, repine, weiner, welkin, wiener, wienie, wilier, winier, winker, winkle. | |
-5 letters: inker, inkle, kelep, kerne, kneel, kreep, leper, liken, liker, liner, lipin, newel, newer, newie, pekin, peril, piker, pilei, plier, plink, preen, prink, reink, renew, repel. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-k-l-n-p-r-w" | |
+1 letter: periwinkles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 77 69 6E 6B 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. .--. .. -. -.- .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110111 01101001 01101110 01101011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i w i n k l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 0077 0069 006E 006B 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718475897580777871 |
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