Definition of "furze" []

• See gorse. (noun)

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• "This scrub Ashmead-Bartlett calls furze in his articles, but I have never seen furze in Gallipoli."
• "The furze is a member of the family _Leguminosæ_, which includes so many useful plants, such as, for example, the pea, the bean, and the clovers."
• "Cork -- the most zealous and successful advocate for the cultivation of this plant -- informed me that he had obtained so much as 14 tons per acre; a fact which proves that the furze is a plant which is well deserving of the attention of the farmer."