periwinkle
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She cited aspirin drawing on formulations using willow tree bark, contraceptive pills developed from yam plant roots and child cancer treatments based on Madagascar's rosy periwinkle flower.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Darkness clings to the sky as thousands of bikers zoom across a dusty alkaline flat in search of a sunrise set, hoping to outpace the gash of periwinkle light bleeding over the horizon.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
She said the rivers and ponds used to brim with all kinds of animals and fish, particularly periwinkle.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
At the Center for Natural Lands Management’s Violet Prairie native seed farm in Thurston County, row after row of periwinkle, yellow and pink flowers stretch across 5 acres.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023
She had on a pair of cutoffs and a periwinkle tank top that made her brown eyes look even darker.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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