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Definition of Gorse
1. Noun. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Group relationships: Genus Ulex, Ulex
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gorse
1. furze [n -S] - See also: furze
Medical Definition of Gorse
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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 ..."