furze

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• We occasionally though rarely see something of this kind in plants: thus the embryonic leaves of the ulex or furze, and the first leaves of the phyllodineous acaceas, are pinnate or divided like the ordinary leaves of the leguminosae. On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 13 (historical)
• On our way from school in spring, a favourite pastime was to set fire to clumps of furze that grew in fields along the road.
• They are popularly supposed to come from the furze, which is also believed to shelter adders. Nature Near London
• The droplets of dew hung from the yellow furze and they glistened like a thousand diamonds.
• M. Naudin states, that a certain kind of furze or thistle, of which cattle are very fond, may be made to grow without thorns -- an important consideration, seeing that at present, before it can be used as food, it has to undergo a laborious beating, to crush and break the prickles with which it is covered. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
• We occasionally though rarely see something of the same kind in plants; thus the first leaves of the ulex or furze, and the first leaves of the phyllodineous æacias, are pinnate or divided like the ordinary leaves of the Leguminosæ. XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology-Embryology-Rudimentary Organs. Development and Embryology
• Great bushy burnsides furzed out to his jawbone, and he peered from under the brim's shadow with dark eyes, the lids swollen and hooded as a raptor's. Cold Mountain
• There was everything to repel -- the cold, the frost, the hardness, the snow, dark sky and ground, leaflessness; the very furze chilled and all benumbed. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
• Then he snapped his fingers, and the moujik came padding out of the dimness of the wood; he was heeled and ready as well, his eyes glaring above his furze of beard. Fiancée
• To protect themselves from predation they like rough land such as heathland, and coastal terrain with good cover, such as that provided by furze (gorse) and other dense shrubbery. Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries