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Definition of Shepherdias

Shepherdias
Shepherdia Shep*her"di*a, n.; 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 El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
Shepherdia
Shepherdia Shep*her"di*a, n.; 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 El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Meaning of Shepherdias from wikipedia

- Shepherdia, commonly called buffaloberry or bullberry, is a genus of small shrubs in the Elaeagnaceae family. The plants are native to northern and western...
- Shepherdia canadensis, commonly called Canada buffaloberry, russet buffaloberry, soopolallie, soapberry, or foamberry (Ktunaxa: kupaʔtiǂ,) is one of a...
- Shepherdia argentea, commonly called silver buffaloberry, bull berry, or thorny buffaloberry, is a species of Shepherdia in the Oleaster family. It is...
- Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae)...
- Datisca Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus (silverberries) Hippophae (sea-buckthorns) Shepherdia (buffaloberries) Myricaceae Comptonia (sweetfern) Myrica (babyberries)...
- a natural, low-sudsing detergent called saponin. Canada buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) is also known as "soapberry" and is native to North America...
- Pistillate flowers of Shepherdia canadensis. Compare staminate flower....
- cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos), buffalo berries (Shepherdia argentea), soapberries (Shepherdia canadensis), and huckleberries (Vaccinium parvifolium)...
- Datisca Elaeagnaceae: Elaeagnus (silverberries) Hippophae (sea-buckthorns) Shepherdia (buffaloberries) ...... Myricaceae: Comptonia (sweetfern) Morella Myrica...
- with silvery brown or golden hairs which are either peltate or scaly. Shepherdia and Hippophae are uni****ual, the female and male borne on different plants...