From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
grass.] (Bot.)
Furze. See {Furze}.
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The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly gorse. --Cowper.
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{Gorse bird} (Zool.), the European linnet; -- called also
{gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Gorse chat} (Zool.), the winchat.
{Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
{land drake}, and {corn drake}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gorse
n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-
yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn:
{gorse}, {furze}, {whin}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]
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