Englisch

Detailed Synonyms for whin in Englisch

whin:

whin [the ~] Nomen

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

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Verwandte Definitionen für "whin":

  1. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)1
  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 ornamental1
  3. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe1

Related Synonyms for whin