whin

• Substantivo que designa vários tipos de arbustos espinhosos ou madeiras rígidas, incluindo um arbusto perene denso com flores amarelas aromáticas, um pequeno arbusto eurasiático usado para tingimento, ou diversas rochas duras coloridas como sílex ou basalto.

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.

   Arbusto espinhoso

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfurzegorse

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.

   Arbusto que produz corante

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfurzegorse

3. Hard rockC2formal

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

   Rocha dura

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

   Sinônimostrapwhinstone