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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
  3. A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), 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.
  4. A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), with beautiful yellowflowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; --called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.
  5. n very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe