ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gorse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɡɔɹs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gorse is a noun meaning An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.

Meaning

An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.

Example Sentences

The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

Word Forms

Synonyms for gorse

Depending on context, synonyms include furze, whin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include furze, whin, juniper, gooseberry, bellwort, gaultheria.

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