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