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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Furze \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See {Furze}. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. --Cowper. {Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.] {Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat. {Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake}, {land drake}, and {corn drake}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gorse n : very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn: {furze}, {whin}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]
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