Gorse

Definitions

An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like⟳ a zareba, was an irregular ring⟳ of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.”

“Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call⟳ it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play⟳ consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate⟳ big free trade⟳ and investment agreements.”

CEFR level