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# periwinkle

«periwinkle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small sea snail with a spiral shell, found on rocks at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a periwinkle, periwinkles; periwinkle — colour)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A periwinkle is a small sea snail with a spiral shell, found on rocks at the seashore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#m1)

2) A periwinkle is also a low garden plant with blue or purple flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#m2)

3) Periwinkle is a soft blue-purple colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the seashore and rock pools the periwinkle is a common small snail; in gardens it is a ground-cover flower; in art it names a colour. Phrases: rock pool periwinkles, periwinkle blue.

### examples

- We found periwinkles in the rock pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x1)
- A periwinkle clings to the rock when the tide goes out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x2)
- The periwinkle flowers were blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x3)
- My new jumper is periwinkle blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x4)
- Seagulls sometimes eat periwinkles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x5)
- Periwinkles eat tiny plants on the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x6)
- Some people cook and eat periwinkles, called winkles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x7)
- Dark as were his thoughts his blue eyes were as soft as the periwinkle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/#x8)

### note

Countable for the snail or plant. The snail is often shortened to «winkle». The same word names two unrelated things (snail and flower) — read the context.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «periwinkle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periwinkle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.