Periwinkle

Morpheme

Periwinkle

Type

free base

Denotation

mollusk

Etymology

Middle English perwinkle; Old English pīnewincle; Latin pina (from Ancient Greek pínē) + Old English winċel

Evidence

periwinkle, periwinkler, periwinkles, periwinkling

Homographs

Periwinkle

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