gorse
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gorse/ɡɔːs/
▶noun a yellow-flowered shrub of the pea family, the leaves of which have the form of spines. [Ulex europaeus and related species.]
– derivatives
gorsy adjective.
gorsy adjective.
– origin OE gors, gorst, from an Indo-Eur. root meaning ‘rough, prickly’.
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