noun
gorse
GORS/ɡɔːrs/
A spiny shrub with yellow flowers, common in Europe.
Gorse covers the hillside with bright yellow flowers each spring.
Etymology
Old English gors already named this shrub. Watkins links its deeper ancestry to “bristling,” an image that fits the plant’s thorny growth.
In context
the smaller fuzzier one is the seed pod from gorse
More examples
- Thick gorse makes the narrow trail difficult to follow.
- She catches her sleeve on a sharp gorse spine.
- Gorse grows wild along the coast of western Europe.
Forms
gorse · gorses