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whin Definition
(n)
very
spiny
and
dense
evergreen
shrub
with
fragrant
golden
-
yellow
flowers
;
common
throughout
western
Europe
(n)
small
Eurasian
shrub
having
clusters
of
yellow
flowers
that
yield
a
dye
;
common
as
weed
in
England
and
United
States
;
sometimes
grown
as
an
ornamental
(n)
any
of
various
hard
colored
rocks
(
especially
rocks
consisting
of
chert
or
basalt
)
whin Synonyms
dyer's greenweed
dyer's-broom
dyeweed
furze
Genista tinctoria
gorse
greenweed
Irish gorse
Ulex europaeus
whin
whinstone
woadwaxen
woodwaxen
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