bramble vs furze

bramble

noun
  • Any thorny shrub. 

  • A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur. 

  • The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets. 

  • Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper. 

furze

noun
  • 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. 

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