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GORSE |
Furze |
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WHIN |
Furze, gorse |
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WHINNY |
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze. |
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PETTYWHIN |
The needle furze. See under Needle. |
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KID |
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. |
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FURZY |
Bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by
furze. |
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FURZELING |
An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); --
called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler. |
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WHINBERRY |
The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on
moors among the whins, or furze. |
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FURZE |
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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GOSSAMER |
...n the
air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in
stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small
spid... |
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BROOM RAPE |
...grow attached to the roots of other plants, as
furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to
other plants related to t... |