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SPANISH GORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish gorse mean?
• SPANISH GORSE (noun)
The noun SPANISH GORSE has 1 sense:
1. erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
Familiarity information: SPANISH GORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Genista hispanica; Spanish broom; Spanish gorse
Hypernyms ("Spanish gorse" is a kind of...):
broom (any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Spanish gorse" is a member of...):
Genista; genus Genista (chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom)
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