noun. 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.

noun. The common furze or whin, Ulex Europæus.

noun. Furze. See furze.

noun. the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher.

noun. the winchat.

noun. the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.

noun. evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.

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

"The Ridger: Fortunately, they can’t do much about the fact that gorse is furze (and whin, too, if you go to Scotland) and that Creutzfeld-Jakob disease can be called Jakob-Creutzfeld disease equally well (or even with K for C)."

gorsy  

bush  shrub  

alder  arbutus  bramble  briar  broom  

furze  whin  

furze