periwinkle به انگلیسی

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From Longman Dictionary

per‧i‧win‧kle /ˈperɪwɪŋkəl/ noun

[countable] a small plant with light blue or white flowers that grows close to the ground

[countable] a small sea animal that lives in a shell and can be eaten

Example

Not all fossils are shells of invertebrates like clams, oysters, cowries, and periwinkles

We slice green apples from my tree, scrub mussels and crabs, extract periwinkles from their shells

In the glow of the porch light, he saw her eyes turn that mesmerizing shade of periwinkle

Examples of this universal balancing act keep proliferating, stretching out my meditation as I shell periwinkles

The periwinkle scours it, spits the calcified bits away