FURZE

furze. Furze, n. a very prickly shrub, gorse

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