periwinkles 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. 13 Not all fossils are shells of invertebrates like clams, oysters, cowries, and periwinkles.
2. Farther down the cove hundreds of periwinkles move slowly over the black rocks, feeding on kelp.
3. We slice green apples from my tree, scrub mussels and crabs, extract periwinkles from their shells.
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