FURZE

gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

furze (countable and uncountable, plural furzes)

A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp, of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.

Synonyms

• gorse, whin

Proper noun

Furze

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary


Furze, n. Etym: [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)

Definition: A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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