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gorse

nounmasculine/to.ʒu/low

to·jo

Definition

A thorny shrub of the legume family, common in poor and dry lands of Portugal, with yellow flowers.
The fields are covered with flowering gorse.
Gorse is used as a natural hedge and to feed livestock.
Common collocations
gorse bushgorse flowergorse hedgeburning gorse

Etymology

Do latim vulgar 'togius'.

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