Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gorse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
A thorny evergreen shrub ({Ulex Europ[ae]us}), with beautiful
yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of
Great Britain; -- called also {gorse}, and {whin}. The dwarf
furze is {Ulex nanus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
grass.] (Bot.)
Furze. See {Furze}.
The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly
gorse. --Cowper.
{Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also
{gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.
{Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
{land drake}, and {corn drake}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gorse
n : very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant
golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
[syn: {furze}, {whin}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]
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