The hills of Galicia are adorned with granite and gorse.
Source: tatoeba (9839762)
Gorse
//ɡɔɹs//
Synonyms for "gorse" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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48 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَوْلَق noun (evergreen shrub)
Asturian
2 entries- argaña noun (evergreen shrub)
- toxu noun (evergreen shrub)
Basque
1 entries- ote noun (evergreen shrub)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пре́щип noun (evergreen shrub)
Catalan
1 entries- gatosa noun (evergreen shrub)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 荊豆 /荆豆 noun (evergreen shrub)
Cornish
2 entries- eythin noun (evergreen shrub)
- eythinen noun (evergreen shrub)
Czech
1 entries- hlodáš noun (evergreen shrub)
Danish
1 entries- almindelig tornblad noun (evergreen shrub)
Dutch
1 entries- gaspeldoorn noun (evergreen shrub)
Esperanto
1 entries- ulekso noun (evergreen shrub)
Faroese
1 entries- tornblað noun (evergreen shrub)
Finnish
1 entries- piikkiherne noun (evergreen shrub)
French
1 entries- ajonc noun (evergreen shrub)
Galician
4 entries- arxe noun (evergreen shrub)
- broxón noun (evergreen shrub)
- toxo noun (evergreen shrub)
- árgoma noun (evergreen shrub)
German
2 entries- Ginster noun (evergreen shrub)
- Stechginster noun (evergreen shrub)
Greek
1 entries- σπάρτος noun (evergreen shrub)
Hebrew
1 entries- אולקס noun (evergreen shrub)
Hungarian
3 entries- sülbige noun (evergreen shrub)
- sünzanót noun (evergreen shrub)
- töviszanót noun (evergreen shrub)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvinviður noun (evergreen shrub)
Irish
2 entries- aiteann noun (evergreen shrub)
- aiteannach noun (evergreen shrub)
Italian
2 entries- ginestra spinosa noun (evergreen shrub)
- ginestrone noun (evergreen shrub)
Manx
3 entries- aadjin noun (evergreen shrub)
- aittin noun (evergreen shrub)
- conney noun (evergreen shrub)
Māori
2 entries- kōhi noun (evergreen shrub)
- kōti noun (evergreen shrub)
Portuguese
2 entries- tojeira noun (evergreen shrub)
- tojo noun (evergreen shrub)
Russian
2 entries- дро́к noun (evergreen shrub)
- утёсник noun (evergreen shrub)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- conasg noun (evergreen shrub)
Spanish
3 entries- aulaga noun (evergreen shrub)
- retamo espinoso noun (evergreen shrub)
- tojo noun (evergreen shrub)
Swedish
1 entries- ärttörne noun (evergreen shrub)
Welsh
2 entries- eithin noun (evergreen shrub)
- eithinen noun (evergreen shrub)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Gorse bushes flaunted their colour, larch trees hung out their tassels and celandines starred the bright green grass in an air which seemed palpably blue.
Source: tatoeba (11977475)
The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
Source: wiktionary
Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
Source: wiktionary
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