Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus, especially E. commutata of western North America, having silvery leaves and berries and small fragrant flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shrub, Elæagnus argentea,. found from Minnesota westward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tree or shrub (
Elæagnus argentea ) with silvery foliage and fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A genus, Elaeagnus, of about 50-70 species of
deciduous orevergreen shrubs or smalltrees with alternateleaves , primarily native to temperate and subtropical regions ofAsia . - noun The
fruit of such a plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits
- noun deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny
- noun deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits
Etymologies
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silver + berry
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Examples
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Other winter wonders are hybrids of some garden favorites with unusual foliage, including a gold-leafed butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii 'Golden Purple'), a sky flower with green leaves splashed with white, (Duranta repens 'White Lace'), and a silverberry (Elaeagnus ebbingei 'Gilt Edge') with dark olive leaves edged in gold.
Fore, right! Mary James 2009
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