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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}.
Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Moor whin} or {Petty whin} (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
({Genista Anglica}) common in Western Europe.
{Whin bruiser}, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
{Whin Sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
{Whin Thrush} (Zo["o]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
whin
n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant
golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
[syn: {gorse}, {furze}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]
2: 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 [syn: {woodwaxen}, {dyer's
greenweed}, {dyer's-broom}, {dyeweed}, {greenweed}, {woadwaxen},
{Genista tinctoria}]
3: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks
consisting of chert or basalt) [syn: {whinstone}]