What Does the Word Gorsier Mean?
(Gôrs) Any of Several Spiny Evergreen Shrubs of the Genus Ulex of the Pea Family, Especially U. Europaeus, Native to Europe and Naturalized Elsewhere, Having...
(gôrs) Any of several spiny evergreen shrubs of the genus Ulex of the pea family, especially U. europaeus, native to Europe and naturalized elsewhere, having fragrant yellow flowers and black pods. Also called furze, whin1.
Where does the word gorse come from?
Early enough, grass was suggested as the etymon of gorse. The word for “grass” often occurs with the vowel and r transposed (this phonetic leapfrog is called metathesis).
What does Goarse mean?
: a spiny yellow-flowered European shrub (Ulex europaeus) of the legume family broadly : any of several related plants (genera Ulex and Genista)