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furze::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gorse, irish gorse, ulex europaeus, whin |
| Type of | bush, shrub |
Examples of furze
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The furze is the badge of the Sinclair and MacLennan clans of Scotland.
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The best method of extirpating furze is to set fire to it in frosty weather, for frost has the effect of withering and making them burn readily.
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Perhaps these canny canine companions were used to pursue poachers nicking the earl's game or to frighten young couples on their first, friendly, furtive fumble amongst the furze.
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Caledones creeping through the furze or wheeling down on the moors in small war chariots soon learned the bloody lesson that the sector in front of the wall was as Roman as anything behind it.
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- Gorse: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
- Gorse, furze, furse or whin (Ulex) is a genus of about 20 plant species of spiny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to western Europe and northwest Africa, with the majority of species in Iberia.
- The Furze are a British indie band from Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The members of the band have been recording together for more ten years, and the same line-up have previously performed under the name Kid Galahad. ...
- 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
- Thick, prickly shrub that bears yellow flowers in winter.
- A prickly evergreen shrub.
- Is another name for Gorse, often used in the New Forest.
