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Shepherdia
Pronunciation : Shep*her"di*a
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [NL. So called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as El?agnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
pl. Shepherdias.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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