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Etymology
1. whin
noun. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
Synonyms
- whinstone
- rock
Antonyms
- superior
- artifact
- achromatic
Etymology
- whynne (Middle English (1100-1500))
- hvein (Old Norse)
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2. whin
noun. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Synonyms
- Ulex
- furze
- Ulex europaeus
- bush
- genus Ulex
- Irish gorse
- gorse
Etymology
- whynne (Middle English (1100-1500))
- hvein (Old Norse)
3. whin
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.
Synonyms
- broom
- genus Genista
- dyer's greenweed
- dyer's-broom
- woodwaxen
- woadwaxen
- dyeweed
- Genista tinctoria
- greenweed
Etymology
- whynne (Middle English (1100-1500))
- hvein (Old Norse)