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whin 1  (hwn, wn)
n.
See gorse.

[Middle English whinne, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

whin 2  (hwn, wn)
n.
A whinstone.

[Middle English quin.]

whin1
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for gorse
[from Scandinavian; compare Old Danish hvine (græs), Norwegian hvine, Swedish hven]

whin2
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) short for whinstone
[quin, of obscure origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowerswhin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
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 dyewhin - 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
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)
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
Translations
whin [wɪn] Ntojo m
whin
n (esp Brit) → Ginster m
whin [wɪn] n (Bot) → ginestrone m


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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.
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.
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).
 
 
 
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