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Definition of Whin
1. Noun. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Exact synonyms: Furze, Gorse, Irish Gorse, Ulex Europaeus
Group relationships: Genus Ulex, Ulex
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Ulex, Ulex
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Small 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.
Exact synonyms: Dyer's Greenweed, Dyer's-broom, Dyeweed, Genista Tinctoria, Greenweed, Woadwaxen, Woodwaxen
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista
Generic synonyms: Broom
Group relationships: Genista, Genus Genista
3. Noun. Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
Definition of Whin
1. n. Gorse; furze. See Furze.
2. n. Gorse; furze. See Furze.
Definition of Whin
1. Noun. gorse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Whin
1. furze [n -S] - See also: furze
Medical Definition of Whin
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