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Meanings of periwinkle in English
Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers.
Usage of periwinkle in English
1
The stars began to bloom in an inky sky of periwinkle blue.
2
There were, besides, some other sorts of shell-fish, particularly the large periwinkle.
3
The trees were half in leaf, the sky was periwinkle blue.
4
Over the big old tombstones creep vines of ivy and periwinkle.
5
Her colors were bright -tangerine, periwinkle blue and beach-glassgreen.
6
He was dressed in his requisite Wranglers and a wrinkled periwinkle polo shirt.
7
Her dress was a tidy periwinkle, with an apron tied at her waist.
8
What a delight it is to see a periwinkle piercing through the snow!
9
White from the periwinkle; purple or black from the hard-shell clam.
10
The periwinkle was common in mediæval gardens, and so was the gilly-floweror clove-pink.
11
The baby Hermit takes the empty home of a periwinkle.
12
They were large, oblique orbs of arsenic grey, highlighted with flecks of periwinkle blue.
13
My lap is twisted slightly under my periwinkle blue dress.
14
And these are the folks who came up with periwinkle.
15
Would my periwinkle taffeta be appropriate for the occasion?
16
Carpeting and upholstered furniture in shades of periwinkle and pink created a welcoming, homelike atmosphere.
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