Periwinkle

Morpheme

Periwinkle

Type

free base

Denotation

evergreen plant, bluish-purplish color

Etymology

Middle English pervinkle, from parvink, pervink; Old English perwince, pervince; Late Latin pervinca; Latin vincapervinca

Evidence

periwinkle, periwinkled, periwinkles

Homographs

Periwinkle