whin

n. 荊豆

學術名詞

  • 暗色岩:礦物學
  • 粒玄岩:礦物學
  • 刺金雀花:植物學

英文釋義

  1. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
  2. 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
  3. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)