PERIWINKLE Synonyms

• small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

• edible marine gastropod

• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

• gleam or glow intermittently

• remove or displace from a position

• widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers

• any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

• periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• an elderly unmarried woman

• any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• the loser in a game of old maid

• a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers