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Meanings of gorse in English
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Usage of gorse in English
1
The gorse and the broom were a fine accent in the landscape.
2
Firefighters put out a major gorse blaze in west Belfast this morning.
3
Unfortunately, it was gorse, so my hand was impaled by the thorns.
4
The noise spread through the gallery as a fire spreads through gorse.
5
A large gorse fire has broken out near Bray in Co Wicklow.
6
To the left, a coastal path plunges through grass and thick gorse.
7
Dublin Fire Brigade has responded to a gorse fire on Howth Hill.
8
I hid the clothes under some gorse, for collection on my return.
9
DavRian kicked a small, leafy plant that grew among the spiny gorse.
10
Rhododendrons were flaming red and white, a hedge of gorse shone gold.
11
Then the road wound on, pathless and houseless, among gorse and bracken.
12
He had planted gorse covers with more care than oaks and larches.
13
The scrubby gorse bushes were shivering but there was almost no wind.
14
Off went the train, across a small gorse common, through a gate.
15
I was on my feet in an instant peering through the gorse.
16
No prints, no mashing of the grass or gorse to indicate passage.
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Gorse across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common