whin

noun3

1. •
   Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).

   • And sometimes they clambered down […] and saw the whin bushes climb black the white hills beside them and far and away the blink of lights across the moors where folk lay happed and warm. — 1932
2. •
   The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).
3. •
   Whinstone.