Complete Definition of "furze"

English
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Pronunciation
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Noun

furze

#A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europaeus), 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.

Quotations
1922, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Jacob's Room|Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 93

Synonyms
gorse

Translations
French: ajoncs (m pl)

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