HyperDic: whin

English > 3 senses of the word whin:
NOUNplantwhin, gorse, furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeusvery spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers
plantwhin, woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoriasmall Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye
objectwhin, whinstoneany of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
English > whin: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningVery spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Synonymsgorse, furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus
Member ofUlex, genus Ulexgenus of Eurasian spiny shrubs
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanishaulaga, tojo, ulex
Catalanargelaga, gatosa
English > whin: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningsmall Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Synonymswoodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria
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
Spanishgualda, woadwaxen
Catalanwoadwaxen
English > whin: 3 senses > noun 3, object
MeaningAny of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
Synonymwhinstone
Broaderrock, stoneA lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

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