gorse /ˈgɔrs/
金雀花
Gorse n. Bot. Furze. See Furze.
The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly gorse. --Cowper.
Gorse bird Zool., the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.]
Gorse chat Zool., the winchat.
Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.
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gorse
n : very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant
golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
[syn: furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]