Periwinkle vs. Lavender

Periwinklenoun

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.

Periwinklenoun

A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.

Periwinklenoun

A mollusk of genus Littorina.

Periwinkleadjective

Of pale bluish purple colour.

Periwinklenoun

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.

Periwinklenoun

A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

Periwinklenoun

chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

Periwinklenoun

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

Periwinklenoun

small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

Periwinklenoun

edible marine gastropod

Periwinklenoun

an Old World plant with flat five-petalled, typically bluish flowers and glossy leaves. Some kinds are grown as ornamentals and some contain alkaloids used in medicine.

Periwinklenoun

a purple-blue colour like that of a periwinkle flower

Periwinklenoun

another term for winkle

Lavendernoun

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

Lavendernoun

a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Lavenderadjective

Having a pale purple colour.

Lavenderadjective

(politics) Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Lavenderverb

(transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Lavendernoun

An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (Lavandula Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

Lavendernoun

The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

Lavendernoun

any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Lavenderadjective

of a pale purple color

Lavendernoun

a small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers, used in perfumery and medicine.

Lavendernoun

a scented oil distilled from lavender flowers

Lavendernoun

used in names of plants similar to lavender, e.g. cotton lavender, sea lavender.

Lavendernoun

used in reference to effeminacy or homosexuality

Lavendernoun

used in reference to refinement or gentility

Lavendernoun

a pale blue colour with a trace of mauve

Lavenderverb

perfume with lavender