buffalo berry

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of buffalo berry

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

There’s also a stout new wire fence around the elementary school here in Dupuyer, which is next to thick stands of chokecherry and buffalo berry shrubs, favorite grizzly foods.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2011

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

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

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

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

They took their roll, and then began hunting for stray tufts of grass among the buffalo berry bushes.

From The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave by Carson, James