[hwin, win] 
| any thorny or prickly shrub, esp. gorse. |
[gawrs] | any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, esp. U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil. |
| gorse (gôrs) n. Any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Ulex, especially U. europaeus, native to Europe and having fragrant yellow flowers and black pods. Also called furze, whin1. [Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English.] |
| whin 1 (hwĭn, wĭn) n. See gorse. [Middle English whinne, probably of Scandinavian origin.] |
| whin 2 (hwĭn, wĭn) n. A whinstone. [Middle English quin.] |
