名詞 periwinkle:

1. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
   同義詞：rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea
3. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
   同義詞：winkle
4. edible marine gastropod
   同義詞：winkle

periwinkle

n.（名詞）
Any of several small, often edible marine snails, especially of the genusLittorina, having thick, cone-shaped, whorled shells.
濱螺：任何幾種小型的，?？墒秤玫暮Ｉ伵?，尤指濱螺屬 ，有厚的、圓錐形的螺狀殼
The shell of any of the periwinkles.
任何濱螺的殼

來源：
Middle English *periwinkle
中古英語 *periwinkle
probably alteration influenced by pervinkle [periwinkle (plant)] * see periwinkle 2
可能為 受 pervinkle的影響 [小長春花] *參見 periwinkle2
of Old English ponewincle
古英語 ponewincle的變化
Latin pona [mussel] from Greek pinô
拉丁語 pona [貽貝] 源自 希臘語 pinô
Old English -wincel [snail shell]
古英語 -wincel [蝸牛殼]

periwinkle
periwinkle 2

n.（名詞）
Any of several shrubby, trailing, evergreen plants of the genusVinca, especially V. minor, having glossy, dark green, opposite leaves and flowers with a blue, funnel-shaped corolla. Also called myrtle
小長春花：一種灌木狀的蔓生常綠植物，長春花屬 ，尤指 小長春花屬 ，有光滑、深綠色的對生葉，花朵上有藍色漏斗狀的雄蕊 也作 myrtle
Any of several erect herbs of the genusCatharanthus, especially C. roseus, having flowers with a rose-pink or white salverform corolla and a closed throat.
長春花類植物：任何一種屬于長春花屬 的直生草類，尤指 長春花 花朵有玫瑰粉色或白色的托盤狀花冠

來源：
Middle English pervinkle [diminutive of] pervinke
中古英語 pervinkle [] pervinke的小后綴
from Old English pervince
源自 古英語 pervince
from Latin (vinca) pervinca
源自 拉丁語 (vinca) pervinca
from pervincore [to wind about]
源自 pervincore [纏繞]