About The Word Gorse
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Gorse
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Gorse: 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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