About The Word Whin
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Whin
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What's The Definition Of Whin?
[n] small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
[n] very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe Synonyms | Synonyms for Whin: dyer's greenweed | dyer's-broom | dyeweed | furze | Genista tinctoria | gorse | greenweed | Irish gorse | Ulex europaeus | woadwaxen | woodwaxen Related Terms | Find terms related to Whin: See Also | broom | bush | Genista | genus Genista | genus Ulex | shrub | Ulex Whin In Webster's Dictionary \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}.
Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Moor whin} or {Petty whin} (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
({Genista Anglica}) common in Western Europe.
{Whin bruiser}, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
{Whin Sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
{Whin Thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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