'Gorse' definitions:

Definition of 'gorse'

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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]