Gorse
Gorse noun - Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
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Nettle and gorse are semantically related. in thorny bush topic. In some cases you can use "Nettle" instead a noun "Gorse".
Nettle
Nettle noun - Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae).
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- He and his friends—good-natured Willoweed, energetic Tansy, and impish Gorse—start to do research into the matter, and discover a prophecy: The evil wizard Nettle, and his horrible Quilted Beast, are coming to claim Wizard's Hall, and only the 113th student can stop him.
Source: Literature / Wizard's Hall
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