'Gorse' definitions:
Definition of 'gorse'
(from WordNet)
noun
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden- yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn: gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]
Definition of 'Gorse'
From: GCIDE
- Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See Furze. [1913 Webster]
- The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gorse'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]