gorse

Significado (Inglés)

An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.

Sinónimos

Irish gorse

Ulex europaeus

aliaga

carqueja

chucero

common gorse

espino amarillo

Ulex

maticorena

tojo

gorze

Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ɡɔɹs/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.

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