Covered with or abundant in gorse, a spiny golden-flowered shrub common in coastal and heathland areas.
From 'gorse' (Old English 'gorst'), a prickly shrub, plus the adjectival suffix '-y.' Common in British botanical and landscape terminology.
Gorse is such a tough plant it can survive the windiest, rockiest coastlines in Britain, and the word 'gorsy' captures how an entire landscape can be transformed by one stubborn shrub!
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