Meaning of WHIN
| Pronunciation: | | win
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, furze, Genista tinctoria, gorse, greenweed, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, woadwaxen, woodwaxen |
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| | See Also: | | broom, bush, Genista, genus Genista, genus Ulex, shrub, Ulex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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