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

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buffalo berry

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

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

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

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

“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

The Canadian buffalo berry and a dwarfish birch are two mountain plants of no small ornamental value for the plains.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.