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

There were satin boxing boots in hot pink and periwinkle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

She said the rivers and ponds used to brim with all kinds of animals and fish, particularly periwinkle.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

They recalled cleaning their graves in a cemetery whose stones, pottery and plantings of yucca and periwinkle were a window into ancestral burial practices.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 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