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 Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this
genus. See {Buffalo berry}, under {Buffalo}.
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