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whin n. 金雀花 金雀花 whin n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden- yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [ synonym: { gorse}, { furze}, { whin}, { Irish gorse}, { Ulex europaeus}] 2: 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 [ synonym: { woodwaxen}, { dyer' s greenweed}, { dyer' s- broom}, { dyeweed}, { greenweed}, { whin}, { woadwaxen}, { Genista tinctoria}] 3: any of various hard colored rocks ( especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) [ synonym: { whinstone}, { whin}] Furze \ Furze\, n. [ OE. firs, As. fyrs.] ( Bot.) A thorny evergreen shrub ({ Ulex Europ[ ae] us}), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also { gorse}, and { whin}. The dwarf furze is { Ulex nanus}. [ 1913 Webster]
Whin \ Whin\, n. [ W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Bot.) ( a) Gorse; furze. See { Furze}. [ 1913 Webster] Through the whins, and by the cairn. -- Burns. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) Woad- waxed. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Same as { Whinstone}. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] { Moor whin} or { Petty whin} ( Bot.), a low prickly shrub ({ Genista Anglica}) common in Western Europe. { Whin bruiser}, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or furze, to feed cattle on. { Whin Sparrow} ( Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [ Prov. Eng.] { Whin Thrush} ( Zool.), the redwing. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster]
Woad- waxen \ Woad"- wax` en\, n. [ Cf. { Wood- wax}.] ( Bot.) A leguminous plant ({ Genista tinctoria}) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also { greenwood}, { greenweed}, { dyer' s greenweed}, and { whin}, { wood- wash}, { wood- wax}, and { wood- waxen}. [ 1913 Webster]
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