| gorse | <botany> Furze. See Furze. "The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse." (Cowper) Gorse bird, the winchat. Gorse duck, the corncrake. Synonym: grass drake, land drake, and corn drake. Origin: OE. & AS. Gorst; perh. Akin to E. Grow, grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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