Definitions for: Furze


[n] very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe



Webster (1913) Definition: Furze, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ[ae]us), 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.

Synonyms: gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin

See Also: bush, genus Ulex, shrub, Ulex

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