Whin - Definition
whin
n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-
yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn:
gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]
2: 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 [syn: woodwaxen,
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed,
whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]
3: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks
consisting of chert or basalt) [syn: whinstone, whin]