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Gorse

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Noun

1. furze, gorse, irish gorse, ulex europaeus, whin

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

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Gorse

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noun
any evergreen shrub of the leguminous genus Ulex, esp the European species U. europeaus, which has yellow flowers and thick green spines instead of leaves
. Also called: furze, whin

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Gorse

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noun
furze

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Gorse

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n.
Any of several spiny evergreen shrubs of the genus Ulex of the pea family, especially U. europaeus, native to Europe and naturalized elsewhere, having fragrant yellow flowers and black pods. Also called furze, whin1.

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