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
- gorses
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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