periwinkle (n.1)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
evergreen plant, c. 1500, diminutive of parvink (12c.), from Old English perwince, from Late Latin pervinca "periwinkle" (4c.), from Latin, perhaps from pervincire "to entwine, bind," from per- "thoroughly" (see per) + vincire "to bind, fetter" (see wind (v.1)).
asarabaccayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A low-growing European evergreen plant of the birthwort family, formerly used in medicine and as an ingredient in snuff", Early 16th century: from Latin asarum (from Greek asaron), probably compounded with a shortened form of another name for the plant in Greek.