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gorse
[ gawrs ]
noun
- any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
gorse
/ ɡɔ˲õ /
noun
- any evergreen shrub of the leguminous genus Ulex, esp the European species U. europeaus, which has yellow flowers and thick green spines instead of leaves Also calledfurzewhin
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ´Ç°ù²õ²â, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ´Ç°ù²õy adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gorse1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gorse1
Example Sentences
A large gorse fire in County Tyrone is still being dealt with by firefighters.
A huge gorse fire in County Down which led to the evacuation of homes in the vicinity of the Mourne Mountains is believed to have been started deliberately.
It follows a large gorse fire on the mountain on Monday, and two other blazes in the area last week, one near Silent Valley and another near Castlewellan, in County Down.
In May, one blaze saw the A85 in Argyll close after it set alight 500 square metres of grass and gorse.
Ross, 36, drove from his home in Fife and tracked down the location, hundreds of metres down an old track which was overgrown with gorse.
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