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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.

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[Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English.]

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gorse

Noun

an evergreen shrub with small yellow flowers and prickles, which grows wild in the countryside [Old English gors]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gorse - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin genus Ulex, Ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Translations

gorse [gɔːs] n → tojo

gorse [gɔːs] n → ajoncs mpl

gorse [gɔːs] n → Stechginster m

gorse [gɔːs] n → ginestrone m