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Webster 1913 Edition
Shepherdia
Shep-her′di-a
,Noun.
pl.
Shepherdias
(#)
. [NL. So called from John
Shepherd
, an English botanist.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See
Buffalo berry
, under Buffalo
.