gorse
nounUK /ɡɔːs/
US /ɡɔːrs/
A prickly bush with yellow flowers that grows in the wild.
The hillside was covered in bright yellow gorse.
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2. Any of several related spiny shrubs of the genus Ulex, especially Ulex europaeus, native to Europe.
Gorse is common on the moors of Scotland and Ireland.
3. The dried or burned wood of such a shrub, sometimes used as fuel.
They gathered gorse to start the fire.
4. A dense growth or thicket of these prickly bushes.
The sheep got tangled in the gorse along the fence.