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# gorse

«gorse» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick, prickly bush with sharp spines and bright yellow…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gorse, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A thick, prickly bush with sharp spines and bright yellow flowers that smell a little like coconut, growing on heaths, hillsides and cliffs; also called «furze» or «whin». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, gorse grows on moors, heaths and coastal paths and gives food and shelter for birds and insects. There is a saying: «When gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion», because some gorse is flowering nearly all year. In New Zealand gorse is a big weed problem brought from Britain. Safety: gorse is very prickly and burns easily.

### examples

- The hillside was covered in yellow gorse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x1)
- Gorse flowers smell like coconut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x2)
- I scratched my legs on the gorse bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x3)
- Small birds nest safely in the prickly gorse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x4)
- Gorse fires can spread fast in dry weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x5)
- In New Zealand, gorse is a weed that farmers try to remove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «a gorse bush», «some gorse». Close names: «furze», «whin». Not the same as «horse».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gorse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.