periwinkle
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 →
2) A periwinkle is also a low garden plant with blue or purple flowers. tree →
3) Periwinkle is a soft blue-purple colour. tree →
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 →
- A periwinkle clings to the rock when the tide goes out. tree →
- The periwinkle flowers were blue. tree →
- My new jumper is periwinkle blue. tree →
- Seagulls sometimes eat periwinkles. tree →
- Periwinkles eat tiny plants on the rocks. tree →
- Some people cook and eat periwinkles, called winkles. tree →
- Dark as were his thoughts his blue eyes were as soft as the periwinkle. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.