Associations to the word «Whin»

Wiktionary

WHIN, noun. Gorse; furze.
WHIN, noun. The plant woad-waxen.
WHIN, noun. Whinstone.

Dictionary definition

WHIN, noun. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
WHIN, noun. 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.
WHIN, noun. Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.