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periwinkle

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Noun

  1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
  2. Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.
  3. A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
  4. A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

Adjective

  1. Of pale bluish purple colour.

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