HyperDic: irish_gorse

English > 1 sense of the expression Irish gorse:
NOUNplantIrish gorse, gorse, furze, whin, Ulex europaeusvery spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers
English > Irish gorse: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningVery spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
Synonymsgorse, furze, whin, Ulex europaeus
Member ofUlex, genus Ulexgenus of Eurasian spiny shrubs
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanishaulaga, tojo, ulex
Catalanargelaga, gatosa

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