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wolf-willow
West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several shrubs, especially the silverberry.
See: silverberry (plant)
Quotations
1889
The luscious perfume of wolf-willow and wild rose . . . come scampering on the western breeze.
1929
Flat on their bellies, taking advantage of every bit of cover, each tuft of grass, each tiny island of wolf-willow, they slipped forward. . . .
1955
The name of this common but handsome shrub is Silverberry (Elaegnus argentea), better known to prairie residents as Wolf willow, a name probably bestowed upon it by some early fur-trader or settler who noted that the Prairie wolf constantly found concealment amongst these grey shrubs.
1963
. . . a vagrant breeze from the open prairie brought to me the sweet, almost cloying scent of the silver wolf-willow. . . .