Whins

whin¹ (hw

n, w

See gorse.

[Middle English whinne, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

whin² (hw

n, w

A whinstone.

[Middle English quin.]

whin¹

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for gorse

[from Scandinavian; compare Old Danish hvine (græs), Norwegian hvine, Swedish hven]

whin²

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) short for whinstone

[quin, of obscure origin]

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Noun	1.	whin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe furze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus genus Ulex, Ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	whin - 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 dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen broom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers Genista, genus Genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
	3.	whin - any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) whinstone rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"

Translations

whin [wɪn] N → tojo m

whin

n (esp Brit) → Ginster m

whin [wɪn] n (Bot) → ginestrone m

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broom tree
Genista
Genista anglica
genus Genista
genus Ulex
gorse
Irish gorse
Moor whin
needle furze
Ulex
Ulex europaeus
Whin bruiser
Whin Sparrow
Whin Thrush
whiner
whiney
whining
Whiningly
whinny

We really like it here, in spite of the travelling back and forwards to Low Fell every day," says Natalie, who lives in Brockley Whins, South Tyneside.

Crossing paths by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Furious passengers were told to get off their train at Brockley Whins and some waited for more than an hour on the packed platform for news of when their journey would continue.

Power failure leads to rush-hour chaos; Commuters left furious at ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

CONSERVATION Kirklees and the Shelley Conservation Group are looking for volunteers to help them carry out work on the heathland known locally as Shelley Whins tomorrow (Sunday).

HUDDERSFIELD DISTRICT: Shelley: Appeal for volunteers to help with ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

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