gorse
/gɔːs/noun
mass noun
1- a yellow-flowered shrub of the pea family, the leaves of which are modified to form spines, native to western Europe and North Africa荆豆属植物, 荆豆（开黄花的豆科灌木, 其叶变形形成刺, 产于西欧和北非）。
1.1
- Genus Ulex, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular the common European U. europaeus, which grows widely in heathy places.荆豆属, 豆科：数种, 尤指常见的欧洲荆豆, 广泛生长于灌木丛中。
派生词
gorsy
adjective词源
Old English gors, gorst, from an Indo-European root meaning'rough, prickly', shared by German Gerste and Latin hordeum 'barley'.