- - -

Please use the form below to search our dictionaries by entering a word you wish to define. (If you search this site to define words regularly, support this FREE site - Donate! )

Define Word:
Use dictionary:

Or browse by Letter:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Define the word gorse

"gorse" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
   A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ[ae]us), with beautiful
   yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of
   Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf
   furze is Ulex nanus.
   [1913 Webster]

"Gorse" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
   grass.] (Bot.)
   Furze. See Furze.
   [1913 Webster]

         The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
         With prickly gorse.                      --Cowper.
   [1913 Webster]

   Gorse bird (Zool.), the European linnet; -- called also
      gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.]

   Gorse chat (Zool.), the winchat.

   Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake,
      land drake, and corn drake.
      [1913 Webster]

"gorse" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

gorse
     n : very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant
         golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
         [syn: furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]