gorse
/ɡɔːs/US/ɡɔɹs/
gorse noun: an evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
Noun
gorse (countable and uncountable, plural gorses)
- An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
- The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
- Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and...2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18
gorse meaning in Arabic
gorse in Arabic
- evergreen shrub
- جَوْلَق jawlaq
Synonyms of gorse
Forms of gorse
| plural | gorses |
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Origin of gorse
From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.
Words formed from gorse
- gorse bird
- gorse chat
- gorse duck
- gorse hatcher
- gorseland
- gorsy
- Meynell's Gorse
Words that rhyme with gorse
Questions about gorse
- What does gorse mean?
- Gorse means an evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
- What is gorse in Arabic?
- Gorse in Arabic is جَوْلَق (jawlaq). See Gorse meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is gorse?
- Gorse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gorse?
- Gorse is pronounced /ɡɔɹs/ (US).
- What is the plural of gorse?
- The plural of gorse is gorses.
Words near gorse in the dictionary
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