| 词汇 | periwinkle |
| 词源 | periwinkle. In Italy the periwinkle is called the fiore di morto because it used to be wreathed around dead infants. Periwinkle takes its name from the Latin pervincire, “to bind around,” but whether it was so named because it was used in such burials is unknown. |
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