periwinkle

Noun
  1. Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers (synset 111798398)
    is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
    subtypes:
    belongs to: genus vinca, vinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
  2. Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers (synset 111792877)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: catharanthus, genus catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
    same as: cape periwinkle, catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, madagascar periwinkle, old maid, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, vinca rosea
  3. Small edible marine snail;
    Steamed in wine or baked (synset 107798644)
    is a type of: seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
    substance meronym: periwinkle, winkle - edible marine gastropod
    same as: winkle
  4. Edible marine gastropod (synset 101951087)
    is a type of: seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
    belongs to: genus littorina, littorina - type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles
    substance holonym: periwinkle, winkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
    same as: winkle

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