ulex europaeus

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ulex europaeus - 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.
     [1913 Webster]

ulex europaeus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ulex europaeus
      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]