furze
pronunciation
How to pronounce furze in British English:
UK [fɜːz]
How to pronounce furze in American English:
US [ fɜːrz]
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- Noun:
- very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Word Origin
- furze
- furze: see gorse
- furze (n.)
- type of evergreen shrub abundant in English heaths, Old English fyrs "furze, gorse, bramble," a word of unknown origin. Related: Furzy.
Example
- 1. Tis in the heath , but not furze .
- 2. I am persuaded that if the common furze , which thrives so well on st helena , were planted on this island , it would no doubt equally thrive here , and were these furzes everywhere growing , grass and other plants would no doubt immediately grow between them .