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furze
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What does furze mean?
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| furze - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | ||
| gorse, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
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Wiktionary 
- furze (Noun)
A thorny evergreen shrub Ulex europaeus , with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- furze (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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furze
furz, n. the whin or gorse, a prickly evergreen bush with beautiful yellow flowers.—adjs. Furz′y, Furz′en, overgrown with furze. [A.S. fyrs.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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furze
Brushwood, prepared for breaming.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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furze
Under the furze is hunger and cold. Under the broom is silver and gold. G
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🔤- furze, noun, singular of furzes.
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