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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers;
[syn: myrtle, Vinca minor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. [1913 Webster] Note: The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Vinca minor n 1: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers [syn: myrtle, Vinca minor]