name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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furze
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/fɜː(ɹ)z/
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homophone: furs
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)z
noun
Meaning 2
A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gorse, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
Etymology
Variant of Furse.
From Middle English firse, furs, from Old English fyrs (“furze, gorse, bramble”), from Old English fyres (“furze”), related to Old English fȳr (“fire”); otherwise of unknown origin.