periwinkle

名词 periwinkle:

1. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
   同义词：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
   同义词：winkle
4. edible marine gastropod
   同义词：winkle

periwinkle

n.（名词）
Any of several small, often edible marine snails, especially of the genusLittorina, having thick, cone-shaped, whorled shells.
滨螺：任何几种小型的，常可食用的海生蜗牛，尤指滨螺属 ，有厚的、圆锥形的螺状壳
The shell of any of the periwinkles.
任何滨螺的壳

来源：
Middle English *periwinkle
中古英语 *periwinkle
probably alteration influenced by pervinkle [periwinkle (plant)] * see periwinkle 2
可能为 受 pervinkle的影响 [小长春花] *参见 periwinkle2
of Old English ponewincle
古英语 ponewincle的变化
Latin pona [mussel] from Greek pinô
拉丁语 pona [贻贝] 源自 希腊语 pinô
Old English -wincel [snail shell]
古英语 -wincel [蜗牛壳]

periwinkle
periwinkle 2

n.（名词）
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
小长春花：一种灌木状的蔓生常绿植物，长春花属 ，尤指 小长春花属 ，有光滑、深绿色的对生叶，花朵上有蓝色漏斗状的雄蕊 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.
长春花类植物：任何一种属于长春花属 的直生草类，尤指 长春花 花朵有玫瑰粉色或白色的托盘状花冠

来源：
Middle English pervinkle [diminutive of] pervinke
中古英语 pervinkle [] pervinke的小后缀
from Old English pervince
源自 古英语 pervince
from Latin (vinca) pervinca
源自 拉丁语 (vinca) pervinca
from pervincore [to wind about]
源自 pervincore [缠绕]