ulex europaeus

1. 1.

   very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

   SynonymsgorsefurzewhinIrish gorse

   Broadershrub

   Part ofUlex

Questions about ulex europaeus

What does ulex europaeus mean?

ulex europaeus means "very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe".

What is another word for ulex europaeus?

Close synonyms include gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ulex europaeus a common word?

ulex europaeus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.