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Word: Gorse
Speech Type: Noun
Old English gors, gorst, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘rough, prickly’, shared by German Gerste and Latin hordeum ‘barley’
ɡɔːs
a yellow-flowered shrub of the pea family, the leaves of which are modified to form spines, native to western Europe and North Africa
Short Definition:yellow-flowered shrub of pea family, leaves of which are modified to form spines, native to western Europe and North Africa
Examples:- sheep graze on undulating green hills blooming with yellow gorse
- on the 11th hole his drive ended up in a gorse bush
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