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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɔɹs/ [General-American], /ɡɔːs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gorse.wav Forms: gorses [plural]
enPR: gôrs [General-American] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gorst}} Middle English gorst, {{inh|en|ang|gors}} Old English gors, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gorst}} Proto-West Germanic *gorst, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gurstaz}} Proto-Germanic *gurstaz, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gerstu|t=barley}} Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”), {{cog|de|Gerste||barley}} German Gerste (“barley”), {{cog|la|hordeum||barley}} Latin hordeum (“barley”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-||to bristle}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), {{cog|cel-pro|*garwos}} Proto-Celtic *garwos Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gorse (countable and uncountable, plural gorses)
  1. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Genisteae tribe plants Synonyms: furze, whin Derived forms: gorse bird (taxonomic: Linaria cannabina), gorse chat (taxonomic: Saxicola rubetra), gorse duck (taxonomic: Crex crex), gorse hatcher (taxonomic: Linaria cannabina), gorsy, Meynell's Gorse Translations (evergreen shrub): جَوْلَق (jawlaq) [masculine] (Arabic), toxu [masculine] (Asturian), ote (Basque), пре́щип (préštip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gatosa [feminine] (Catalan), 荊豆 (Chinese Mandarin), 荆豆 (jīngdòu) (Chinese Mandarin), eythinen (Cornish), eythin [collective] (Cornish), hlodáš [masculine] (Czech), almindelig tornblad [neuter] (Danish), gaspeldoorn [masculine] (Dutch), ulekso (Esperanto), tornblað [neuter] (Faroese), piikkiherne (Finnish), ajonc [masculine] (French), toxo [masculine] (Galician), árgoma [feminine] (Galician), broxón [masculine] (Galician), arxe [masculine] (Galician), Ginster [masculine] (German), Stechginster [masculine] (German), σπάρτος (spártos) [masculine] (Greek), אולקס (aulex) (Hebrew), sünzanót (Hungarian), töviszanót (Hungarian), sülbige (Hungarian), aiteann [masculine] (Irish), aiteannach [collective, feminine] (Irish), ginestrone [masculine] (Italian), ginestra spinosa [feminine] (Italian), conney [masculine] (Manx), aittin [masculine] (Manx), aadjin [masculine] (Manx), kōti (Maori), kōhi (Maori), tojeira [feminine] (Portuguese), tojo [masculine] (Portuguese), дро́к (drók) [masculine] (Russian), утёсник (utjósnik) (Russian), conasg [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tojo [masculine] (Spanish), aulaga [feminine] (Spanish), retamo espinoso [masculine] (Spanish), ärttörne [neuter] (Swedish), eithinen [feminine] (Welsh), eithin [collective, masculine, plural] (Welsh)

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          "code": "it",
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      "taxonomic": "Linaria cannabina",
      "word": "gorse bird"
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      "taxonomic": "Saxicola rubetra",
      "word": "gorse chat"
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      "taxonomic": "Crex crex",
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        "Terms with Basque translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
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        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:",
          "text": "The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:",
          "text": "Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.",
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        "General-American"
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      "word": "furze"
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      "word": "whin"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jawlaq",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جَوْلَق"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "toxu"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "ote"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "préštip",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́щип"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gatosa"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "荊豆"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngdòu",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "荆豆"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "eythinen"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eythin"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hlodáš"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "almindelig tornblad"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gaspeldoorn"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "ulekso"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tornblað"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "piikkiherne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajonc"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "toxo"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "árgoma"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "broxón"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "arxe"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Ginster"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stechginster"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "spártos",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σπάρτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "aulex",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "אולקס"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "sünzanót"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "töviszanót"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "sülbige"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiteann"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
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      "word": "aiteannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ginestrone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ginestra spinosa"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conney"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aittin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "aadjin"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "kōti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "kōhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tojeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drók",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дро́к"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utjósnik",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "word": "утёсник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conasg"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aulaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retamo espinoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ärttörne"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eithinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "evergreen shrub",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "eithin"
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  ],
  "word": "gorse"
}

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