gorse (redirected from gorsy)

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.]

---

gorse [gɔːs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any evergreen shrub of the leguminous genus Ulex, esp the European species U. europeaus, which has yellow flowers and thick green spines instead of leaves Also called furze whin

[Old English gors; related to Old Irish garb rough, Latin horrēre to bristle, Old High German gersta barley, Greek khēr hedgehog]

gorsy  adj

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 → aulaga f, tojo m

gorse [ˈgɔː^rs] n → ajoncs mpl
gorse bush n → ajonc m

gorse

n → Stechginster m; gorse bush → Stechginsterstrauch m

gorse [gɔːs] n → ginestrone m

---

gorse [gɔːs] n → ginestrone m