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Gorse

Gorse Meaning & Definition
Gorse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gorse?

[n] very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gorse: furze | Irish gorse | Ulex europaeus | whin

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See Also | bush | genus Ulex | shrub | Ulex

Gorse In Webster's Dictionary

\Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See {Furze}. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. --Cowper. {Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.] {Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat. {Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake}, {land drake}, and {corn drake}.

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