1. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe; [syn: gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Irish gorse
n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-
yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn:
gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]