gorse

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gorse /ɡɔːs $ ɡɔːrs/ noun [uncountable]  HBPa prickly bush with bright yellow flowers, which grows in the countryside in Europe 荆豆

Examples from the Corpus

gorse• I reached the hilltop and followed the track between gorse bushes ablaze with flowers.• There is nothing-no bunkers, gorse, whin, heather, bracken, or rough-to impede you.• Inland, the hills were fixed now under their carpet of coarse heath grass, gorse and small flowers.• A yellow hammer sang from its perch in a patch of gorse and a grey wag tail flew over.• I was there in the gorse, Stephen.• It was in those rabbit-runs through the gorse that some of the local boys used to set snares.• After about 30 years they would support ling and heather, then gorse would become established.• Passing the youth hostel, we climbed through gorse and bracken to Port Eynon Point.Origin gorse Old English gorst

gorse nounChinese  

a yellow flowers, Corpus with bright bush prickly

gorse
gorse /ɡɔːs $ ɡɔːrs/ noun [uncountable]a prickly bush with bright yellow flowers, which grows in the countryside in Europe

gorseBrE /ɡɔːs/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɔːrs/ 🔊 (BrE also furze) noun [uncountable] a bush with thin leaves with sharp points and small yellow flowers. Gorse often grows on land that is not used or cared for. 荆豆（叶带刺，开小黄花，长于荒野）