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单词 gorse
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gorse /gɔrs/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Plant Biologya spiny European evergreen shrub of the legume family, having primitive leaves and yellow flowers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gorse  (gôrs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, esp. U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil. Also called furze;
     [esp. Brit.,] whin. 
  • bef. 900; Middle English gorst, Old English; akin to German Gerste, Latin hordeum barley
gors′y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gorse /ɡɔːs/ n
  1. 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 called: furze, whin
Etymology: Old English gors; related to Old Irish garb rough, Latin horrēre to bristle, Old High German gersta barley, Greek khēr hedgehog

ˈgorsy adj
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