Whin — synonyms, definition

1. whin (Noun)

Genista tinctoria Irish gorse Ulex europaeus dyer's greenweed dyer's-broom dyeweed furze gorse greenweed whinstone woadwaxen woodwaxen

whin (Noun) — Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.

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.

whin (Noun) — Any of various hard coloured rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).

broom bush rock shrub stone Genista Ulex genus Genista genus Ulex