Per'i-winkle, n.

(pĕr'ĭ-wĭŋk'l), n. [Said to be a corruption of petty and A-S. wincle, a shell-fish. Cf. Lat. parunculus, a little boat.]

1. (Zoöl.) A gasteropodous mollusk, having a turbinated shell; Littorina littorea. Baird.
2. [O. Eng. perwinkle, parvenke, Fr. pervenche, It. & Lat. pervinca, A-S. pervince, pinevincle.] (Bot.) A flowering plant of the genus Vinca.