Definitions for gorse
gɔrsgorse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeusnoun

   very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gorsenoun

   evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers

2. Etymology: From gorst, from gors, akin to Gerste.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gorsenoun

   Furz; a thick prickly shrub that bears yellow flowers in Winter.

   Etymology: gors, Saxon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gorse

   Ulex (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are native to parts of western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia. Gorse is closely related to the brooms and like them has green stems and very small leaves and is adapted to dry growing conditions. However it differs in its extreme thorniness, the shoots being modified into branched thorns 1–4 centimetres (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 inches) long, which almost wholly replace the leaves as the plant's functioning photosynthetic organs. The leaves of young plants are trifoliate, but in mature plants they are reduced to scales or small spines. All the species have yellow flowers, generally showy, some with a very long flowering season.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gorsenoun

   furze. See Furze

2. Etymology: [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gorse

   gors, n. a prickly shrub growing on waste places, the furze or whin.—adj. Gors′y. [A.S. gorst.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gorse

   Heath or furze for breaming a vessel's bottom.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GORSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gorse is ranked #72332 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gorse surname appeared 269 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gorse.
   
   98.1% or 264 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Shrub

Anagrams for gorse »

1. goers

2. gores

3. ogres

4. regos

5. soger

How to pronounce gorse?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say gorse in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gorse in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gorse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gorse in a Sentence

1. Rory McIlroy:

   I think what they've started to do at Open championships, to accommodate spectators, they've taken a lot of the gorse bushes away so Carnoustie last year I hit driver everywhere, i'm not expecting to do that at Portrush (but) it might be a case of like Carnoustie last year where I (arrive) thinking I'm only going to hit three or four drivers during the round but in actual fact it could be more like seven or eight, or nine or 10.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gorse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gorse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gorse
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorse
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorse
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gorse
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gorse
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html