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furze
(fûrz)n.
See gorse.
[Middle English furse, from Old English fyrs.]
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furze
(fɜːz)n
(Plants) another name for gorse
[Old English fyrs]
ˈfurzy adj
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gorse
(gɔrs)n.
any spiny European evergreen shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers. Also called furze.
[before 900; Middle English gorst, Old English; akin to Old High German gersta, Latin hordeum barley]
gors′y, adj.
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Noun | 1. | furze - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe genus Ulex, Ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse |
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