periwinkle

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

• The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose if some of the leaves be chewed.
• Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.

• And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations

Of pale bluish purple colour.

A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

• He was working a pin into a periwinkle shell, turning it to extract the toothsome morsel of meat.

A caddisfly larva.