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Vinca vs Periwinkle - What's the difference?

vinca | periwinkle |

As nouns the difference between vinca and periwinkle

is that vinca is any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus vinca , including the periwinkle while periwinkle is any of several evergreen plants of the genus vinca with blue or white flowers or periwinkle can be a mollusk of genus (taxlink).

As a adjective periwinkle is

of pale bluish purple colour.

vinca

English

Noun

(wikipedia vinca) (en noun)
  • Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca , including the periwinkle
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    periwinkle

    English

    (wikipedia periwinkle)

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of (etyl) perwinke, from (etyl) perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin (vinca) pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca), of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
  • * 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 220:
    • The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose is some of the leaves be chewed.
  • A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
    • (CCCCFF)
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "periwinkle")
    Synonyms
    * (plant) myrtle, vinca

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of pale bluish purple colour.
    • Derived terms
    * Madagascar periwinkle * rose periwinkle * rosy periwinkle

    See also

    * * vinblastine * vincristine *

    Etymology 2

    (etyl), alteration of *pinewinkle'' (compare English dialectal pennywinkle), from (etyl) 'mussel') and -''wincle (compare Danish dial. vinkel 'snail shell'), from wincel 'corner'. More at winch and wink.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mollusk of genus .
    • Synonyms
    * (mollusk) winkle

    See also

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