Noun Definition

whin

1.Definition: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

Related Noun(s):whinstone

Category: Objects

2.Definition: 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

Related Noun(s):dyeweed, genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen

Category: Plants

3.Definition: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

Related Noun(s):furze, gorse, irish gorse, ulex europaeus

Category: Plants