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单词 whin
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whin


whin 1

W0166600 (wĭn, hwĭn)n. See gorse.
[Middle English whinne, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

whin 2

W0166600 (wĭn, hwĭn)n. A whinstone.
[Middle English quin.]

whin

(wɪn) n (Plants) another name for gorse[C11: from Scandinavian; compare Old Danish hvine (græs), Norwegian hvine, Swedish hven]

whin

(wɪn) n (Geological Science) short for whinstone[C14: quin, of obscure origin]
Thesaurus
Noun1.whin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowerswhin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europefurze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeusgenus Ulex, Ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorsebush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2.whin - small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dyewhin - 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 ornamentaldyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxenbroom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowersGenista, genus Genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
3.whin - any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)whinstonerock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
Translations
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whin


whin

indicates fury. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]See: Anger

WHIN


WHIN

Abbreviation for:
Women's Health Information Service

WHIN


AcronymDefinition
WHINWorld Heritage Information Network
WHINWisconsin Health Information Network (est. 1993)
WHINWorkers' Health International Newsletter (UK)
WHINWomen's Health in the North (Australia)
WHINWestern Health Improvement Network (Canada)

whin


Related to whin: furze
  • noun

Synonyms for whin

noun very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers

Synonyms

  • furze
  • gorse
  • Irish gorse
  • Ulex europaeus

Related Words

  • genus Ulex
  • Ulex
  • bush
  • shrub

noun small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye

Synonyms

  • dyer's greenweed
  • dyer's-broom
  • dyeweed
  • Genista tinctoria
  • greenweed
  • woadwaxen
  • woodwaxen

Related Words

  • broom
  • Genista
  • genus Genista

noun any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

Synonyms

  • whinstone

Related Words

  • rock
  • stone
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