单词 | buffalo berry |
释义 | buffalo berry in American English US 1. a shrub (genus Shepherdia) of the oleaster family, native to W North America, with silvery leaves 2. its red, fleshy, edible berry buffalo berry in American Englishnoun 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 origin [1795–1805, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hopscotch, mannerism, mirage, sharpshooter, unilateral |
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