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ULEX EUROPAEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulex europaeus mean?
• ULEX EUROPAEUS (noun)
The noun ULEX EUROPAEUS has 1 sense:
1. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Familiarity information: ULEX EUROPAEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
furze; gorse; Irish gorse; Ulex europaeus; whin
Hypernyms ("Ulex europaeus" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Ulex europaeus" is a member of...):
genus Ulex; Ulex (genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse)
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