whin

• اسم يشير إلى أحد أنواع الشجيرات الشائكة أو الأخشاب الصلبة، بما في ذلك شجيرة دائمة الخضرة كثيفة ذات أزهار صفراء عطرية، أو شجيرة أوراسية صغيرة تُستخدم في الصباغة، أو أنواع مختلفة من الصخور الصلبة الملونة مثل الصوان أو البازلت.

A noun referring to any of several types of spiny shrubs or hard rocks, including a dense evergreen shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, a small Eurasian shrub used for dye, or various hard colored rocks such as chert or basalt.

1. Spiny shrubC1formal

   A very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers, common throughout western Europe.

   شجيرة شوكية

   • The hillside was covered in whin, its yellow flowers bright against the green.
   • She carefully avoided the sharp thorns of the whin bush.
   • Whin is often found growing wild in coastal areas.

   المرادفاتfurzegorse

2. Dye-producing shrubC1formal

   A 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.

   شجيرة صابغة

   • The whin's flowers were used to produce a yellow dye.
   • Whin can be an invasive weed in some regions.
   • Gardeners sometimes cultivate whin for its bright blossoms.

   المرادفاتfurzegorse

3. Hard rockC2formal

   Any of various hard colored rocks, especially those consisting of chert or basalt.

   صخر صلب

   • The quarry extracted whin for road construction.
   • Whin is a durable material used in building foundations.
   • Geologists studied the whin formations in the area.

   المرادفاتtrapwhinstone