From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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:
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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