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| NOUN | 1 | whin, gorse, furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus | Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers |
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| 2 | whin, woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria | Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye | |
| 3 | whin, whinstone | Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) |
| Meaning | Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers. Common throughout western Europe. |
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| Synonyms | gorse, furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus |
| Member of | Ulex, genus Ulex |
| Broader | shrub, bush |
| Meaning | Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye. Common as weed in England and United States. Sometimes grown as an ornamental. |
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| Synonyms | woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria |
| Member of | Genista, genus Genista |
| Broader | broom |
| Meaning | Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt). |
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| Synonyms | whinstone |
| Broader | rock, stone |
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