Synonyms for Whin (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe):
furze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus
WordNet sense 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):
dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, Genista tinctoria
WordNet sense 3 (any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)):
whinstone
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