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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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