furze

noun1

1. •
   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.

   • Gonz. Now would I giue a thousand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground : Long heath, Browne firrs, any thing;[…] — 1610