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silverberry (plant)
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a silvery-gray shrub, Elaeagnus argentea, common in the west.
Quotations
1880
The banks . . . are green with grass, kinnikinnick, juniper . . . and the beautiful silverberry plant.
1955
Closely related to the Silverberry and common everywhere in the Rockies is a thornless and highly ornamental shrub known locally as Soapberry, but sometimes called Buffalo-berry.