gorse
[gɒ:s]
n. 荆豆, 桧

1. People say that when gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of fashion.
   ，荆豆花期，那接吻合尚。
2. On either side, the brambles clambered over heather and gorse,② laden with clusters of fruit, ripe for picking; a riot of black and green, purple and yellow.
   路两，树莓攀附石花金雀花，挂满串串，已熟透，待摘；黑，紫黄，编织片缤纷彩。

gorse
[ noun ]
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
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Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
grass.] (Bot.)
Furze. See {Furze}.

The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly gorse. --Cowper.

{Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also
{gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]

{Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.

{Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
{land drake}, and {corn drake}.


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}.