Thesaurus: gorse

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1. n. Furze. See Furze.
2. n. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
3. Furze. See Furze. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. Cowper. Gorse bird (Zoöl.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zoöl.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.
4. Furze. See Furze.The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse.Cowper.Gorse bird (Zoöl.), the European linnet; -- called also gorsehatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zoöl.), the winchat.-- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, landdrake, and corn drake.
5. n:100 n. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe