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Definition of Gorse

1. Noun. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.

Definition of Gorse

1. n. Furze. See Furze.

Definition of Gorse

1. Noun. evergreen shrub, of the genus ''Ulex'', having spiny leaves and yellow flowers ¹

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Definition of Gorse

1. furze [n -S] - See also: furze

Medical Definition of Gorse

1. Furze. See Furze. "The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse." (Cowper) Gorse bird, the winchat. Gorse duck, the corncrake. Synonym: grass drake, land drake, and corn drake. Origin: OE. & AS. Gorst; perh. Akin to E. Grow, grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorse

Literary usage of Gorse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"But the yellow of the gorse is the spread splendor of flowers thrusting into ... The gorse wants no shadow, no leaf between its swelling petals and the heat ..."

2. Poems by Robert Underwood Johnson (1902)
"INVOCATION: TO THE gorse "When the gorse is out of bloom, then love is out of season. ... HARDY gorse, that all year long Blooms upon the English moor, ..."

3. Riding and Hunting by Matthew Horace Hayes (1901)
"Morton's gorse, John O'Gaunt, Thurcaston gorse, and the Coplow comprise almost ... Welby Holt is partly gorse and partly thorns. Grimston gorse should be ..."

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