WHIN

Definition of WHIN

  1. (noun)very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
  2. (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
  3. (noun)any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)