Periwinkle
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Fauna
- Periwinkle, a common name for a number of gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae
- Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
- Austrolittorina unifasciata
- Periwinkle, a regional name for the caddisfly larva
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Flora
- Catharanthus or Madagascar periwinkles
- Catharanthus roseus or rosy periwinkle
- Vinca or European periwinkles
- Vinca major or greater periwinkle
- Vinca minor or lesser periwinkle
- Vinca herbacea or herbaceous periwinkle
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Arts and entertainment
- Periwinkle (film), a 1917 silent film by James Kirkwood
- Tribulation Periwinkle, protagonist of Hospital Sketches, an 1863 compilation of sketches by Louisa May Alcott
- Periwinkle, a character in Blue's Clues
- Periwinkle, a character in The Bellflower Bunnies
- Periwinkle, a character in the 2012 animated film Secret of the Wings from Disney, Tinker Bell's twin sister
- Periwinkle, the main character in Patricia A. McKillip's book The Changeling Sea
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People
- Pauline Periwinkle (1863-1916), American journalist, poet, teacher, feminist
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Other uses
- Periwinkle (color), a pale shade of blue
- Template:HMS, a Royal Navy corvette that served in the Second World War
- USS Periwinkle (1864), a steamer procured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- Periwinkle Run, a stream in Ohio
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