uletree (uletre)

A Mexican tree, Castilloa elastic a, from the milky juice of which caoutchouc is obtained. See cut under Castilloa. Ulex (ü'leks), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), IMG:content-1207.png:[blocks in formation] Flowering Branch of Furze ( Ulex Europæus). a, flower; b, fruit; e, branch with leaves and spines (transformed branches). Tuscany. They are spiny shrubs without genuine leaves, the leaves being reduced to a spine, petiole, or scale. The yellow flowers are solitary or racemose at the ends of the branches. For Ulex gen is to ides ( Stauracanthus aphyllus ), see cro -spine. U. Europæus, which also extends to the Azores and Canary Islands, and occurs naturalized on high mountains in Jamaica, is the common furze, gorse, or whin of Great Britain a see furze