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
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.
• gorse, whin
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
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
