furze

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They scuttled along over the hillocks and through the furze of the seaside course at Portmarnock, Ireland, last week, dropping purses, strings of pearls and beads, rings, rosaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fanning out over the moor, calling Teayn's name, they beat their way through the furze and heather.

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Gulls fly over it, hills rise out of it, fairways cut cool lanes through its yellow furze.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncle Mott's face was almost as white as the milkweed furze that I've tried to catch on the meader....

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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt