Gorse

Gorse , noun

[Old English & Anglo-Saxon gorst; perh. akin to English grow, grass.]

(Botany) Furze. See Furze.

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

Collocations (3)

Gorse bird (Zoology) , the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Provincial English]

Gorse chat (Zoology) , the winchat.

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