whin
(noun)
noun
1. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Definition categories: plant, bush, shrub
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
Similar word(s): dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen
Definition categories: plant, broom
3. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
Similar word(s): whinstone