periwinkle in English

noun
1
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.
At the base of a tree, for example, you might have better luck with wood chips or shade-loving ornamental plants like ivy, periwinkle , or pachysandra.

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1. Vinca minor L.: Periwinkle absolute / Periwinkle extract / Periwinkle tincture

2. I'm talking about the periwinkle – otherwise known as Vinca minor.

3. It is also the starting point of the Periwinkle bike trail.

4. Fill rooms with tranquil colors such as white, silver, periwinkle and pearl.

5. Each features muted metallics in shades of seafoam, periwinkle, gold, and aubergine .

6. Any of various marine gastropods, such as a periwinkle, having a spiral shell.

7. Women look at the same swatch and declare it to be periwinkle blue .

8. It is most often baked for weddings and its top decorated with birds and periwinkle.

9. Barristress Go periwinkle go! Extreme hardship such as this? Dont sweat the small intestine? Coconut stretch fabric

10. In the glow of the porch light, he saw her eyes turn that mesmerizing shade of periwinkle.

11. Some of nature's most complicated chemistry takes place in the shoots and leaves of the tiny, unassuming periwinkle plant.

12. Scientists are considering using the common pondweed and periwinkle to clean up old munition sites and reclaim the land.

13. We hate the mustard color of the bathroom, but never get around to painting it our favorite shade of periwinkle.

14. 'I should like to be a periwinkle, ' said he, mysteriously, ' on the top of a valley, and sing too-ralloo-ralloo. '

15. The periwinkle is more than a source of beautiful blue in your garden – it's the source of a miraculous brain-booster called vinpocetine.

16. Accompanying the knife is a lockable periwinkle Baized lined walnut presentation case with key, factory sheath and two piece blue factory box

17. It features the song's title written in red lipstick across Gomez's one thigh as she lies on a bed of rocks in a periwinkle babydoll embroidered with flowers and butterflies.

18. In experiments, sterilized parrot feather and periwinkle extracted TNT so well that within a week no trace of explosive remained in the plants’ tissues, nor did burning them produce an explosion!

19. Banksian Rose Rosa banksiae Bigleaf Periwinkle Vinca major Boston Ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata Clematis Clematis Clematis (evergreen) Clematis armandii Climbing Hydrangea Hydrangea anomala subsp.petiolaris Climbing Roses Rosa Grape Vine Vitis Honeysuckle Vine Lonicera

20. On a background of softest seafoam, with a wing-shaped fin worked in shades of fuschia, periwinkle and teal, she is a part of the mysterious, impetuous sea captured forever on canvas.

21. ‘Flowers range from peonies, delphiniums, various brooms and gorses, mallows, asters and periwinkle through to Buglosses, mandrake, daises, narcissi, irises and orchids.’ More example sentences ‘Viper's bugloss was introduced from Europe in colonial times.’

22. Blue Lace Agate is one of the best crystals for anxiety and stress relief, in our opinion.Its beautiful periwinkle color emits Calming and soothing vibrations that bring peace of mind to help you relax.

23. 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Abilities 3.1 Fusions 3.2 Unique Abilities 4 Gemology 5 Gemstone Albite has an appearance similar to that of other Albites, as she is tall and slim with a periwinkle color scheme

24. ‘Covered in dried flowers - such as Cockscomb, bells of Ireland, and gomphrena - these wreaths pack visual punch on the front door or over the mantel.’ ‘Plant hot weather annuals such as Cockscomb, Madagascar periwinkle, portulaca, and annual salvias.’

25. angelica (Angelica spp.), belladonna (Atropa spp.), camomile (Matricaria spp.), cumin (Carum spp.), digitalis (Digitalis spp.), gentian (Gentiana spp.), hyssop (Hyssopus spp.), jasmine (Jasminum spp.), lavender and lavandin (Lavandula spp.), marjoram (Origanum spp.), melissa (Melissa spp.), mint (Mentha spp.), poppy (Papaver spp.), periwinkle (Vinca spp.), psyllium (seed) (Psyllium spp.), saffron (Curcuma spp.), sage (Salvia spp.), marigold (Calendula spp.), valerian (Valeriana spp.), etc.