periwinkle|periwinkles in English

noun

[per·i·win·kle || 'perɪ‚wɪŋkl]

sea snail, littorina littorea (type of edible shellfish); shrub-like evergreen plant with blue petals that are shaped like funnels (of the genus Vinca)

Use "periwinkle|periwinkles" in a sentence

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. 13 Not all fossils are shells of invertebrates like clams, oysters, cowries, and periwinkles.

5. Farther down the cove hundreds of periwinkles move slowly over the black rocks, feeding on kelp.

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

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

8. We slice green apples from my tree, scrub mussels and crabs, extract periwinkles from their shells.

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

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

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

12. Colclough Braganza Teacup Trio, BBC Keeping up Appearances, Hyacinth Bucket's Hand Painted Periwinkles English China Tea Cup, Saucer & Plate Annieslands

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. 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.

22. 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!

23. 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

24. 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.

25. ‘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.’