Shepherdias

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]