Gorse

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
     A thorny evergreen shrub ({Ulex Europ[ae]us}), with beautiful
     yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of
     Great Britain; -- called also {gorse}, and {whin}. The dwarf
     furze is {Ulex nanus}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
     grass.] (Bot.)
     Furze. See {Furze}.
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           The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
           With prickly gorse.                      --Cowper.
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     {Gorse bird} (Zool.), the European linnet; -- called also
        {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     {Gorse chat} (Zool.), the winchat.
  
     {Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
        {land drake}, and {corn drake}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gorse
       n : very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant
           golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
           [syn: {furze}, {whin}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]