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 or evergreen shrubs or small trees with alternate leaves, primarily native to temperate and subtropical regions of Asia.
  • 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

  • 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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