periwinkle

periwinkle is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
2. noun. A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
3. noun. edible marine gastropod

   Synonyms: winkle

4. noun. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

   Synonyms: winkle

5. noun. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
6. noun. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Synonyms

winkle

Common word forms

periwinkled, periwinkler, periwinkles

Words from these letters

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