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gorse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | furze, irish gorse, ulex europaeus, whin |
| Type of | bush, shrub |
Examples of gorse
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Goldfinches darted in the gorse-like bushes and something like heather abounded.
From the theaustralian.com.au
The place is full of wildflowers and, in season, blazes with gorse and heather.
From the independent.co.uk
I'd jump from the steep banks and swim here, underneath the scent of the gorse.
From the guardian.co.uk
The dense gorse and twiggy coprosma shrubs look to be good habitat for fernbirds.
From the odt.co.nz
The insects which the warblers eat proliferate on gorse rather thanthe heather.
From the newscientist.com
This old stone sat in a field spotted with gorse with a view of Derrynane Bay.
From the nzherald.co.nz
There are robins jousting in song from among coconut-scented flowers of gorse.
From the guardian.co.uk
Rowena Cade's dream was to construct the venue in a gorse-filled rocky gully.
From the odt.co.nz
We're standing on a muddy track, hemmed in by gorse bushes, staring each other out.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
- Gorse, furze, furse or whin (Ulex) is a genus of about 20 plant species of spiny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia.
- Gorses is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
- Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers
- A shrub primarily found on linkland type courses. It is a spiny evergreen with bright yellow flowers. Same as whin.
- A many-branched spiny shrub having bright yellow flowers, common on waste lands and links style golf courses.
- In your pocket To be slow to pay your share.
- Very thick grass and/or shrubs from which it may be impossible to play a shot. Gorse is common on European seaside courses.
- Is a spiky bush with yellow flowers. Despite its prickliness, the ponies like to eat it when other food is scarce.
