HyperDic: petty_whin

English > 1 sense of the expression petty whin:
NOUNplantpetty whin, broom tree, needle furze, Genista anglicaprickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe
English > petty whin: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningprickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe.
Synonymsbroom tree, needle furze, Genista anglica
Member ofGenista, genus Genistachiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia
BroaderbroomAny of various shrubs of the genera ... / genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

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