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gorse

  [gawrs]
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–noun
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, esp. U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
Also called furze; especially British, whin.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME gorst, OE; akin to G Gerste, L hordeum barley

Related forms:
gorsy, adjective
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gorse 
O.E. gors, from P.Gmc. *gurst- (cf. O.H.G. gersta, M.Du. gherste, Ger. gerste "barley"), from PIE *ghrzd- "roughness" (cf. L. hordeum "barley").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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