See Also: galerite(medicine)

periwinkle (oh) and galerite (medicine)


periwinkle (oh)



[Sense: 1; Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: pervinca]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old English pinewincle, from Latin pina type of mussel + Old English -wincle 'shell']
[C] a small plant with light blue or white flowers that grows close to the ground
[C] a small sea animal that lives in a shell and can be eaten
-synonym winkle winkle

galerite (medicine)


galerite
<paleontology> A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

Origin: L. Galerum a hat, cap: cf. F. Galerite.

Source: Websters Dictionary