buffalo berry

noun

1. either of two North American shrubs, Shepherdia argentea or S. canadensis, having silvery, oblong leaves and bearing edible yellow or red berries.

2. the fruit itself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buffalo berry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

“Oh, hon, that’s only ’cause he needs some way to sop up Leafie’s good buffalo berry jelly!”

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Traft devoured several slices of bread with Uncle Chester’s buffalo berry jam and two cups of coffee.

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Jimmy McClean walked among the buffalo berry thickets along the Smoking Earth River.

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Tree species include cottonwood, ash burr oak and box elder and shrub species include false indigo, chokecherry, buffalo berry, American plum and dogwood.

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On the steep banks of this long narrow island, which lies near the south-west bank, there were thickets of poplars, willows, and buffalo berry; the rest 297 of the island is covered with a dark forest of red cedars, of which we immediately felled a good number.

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