1. (noun) gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Synonyms: gorse, whinstone, dyer's-broom, woodwaxen, furze, dyeweed, dyer's greenweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen
2. (noun) woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria
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
Synonyms: gorse, whinstone, dyer's-broom, dyer's greenweed, furze, dyeweed, woodwaxen, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen
3. (noun) whinstone, whin
any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
Synonyms: gorse, whinstone, dyer's-broom, woodwaxen, furze, dyeweed, dyer's greenweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen
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Synonyms and Antonyms of WHIN 
