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Elaeagnus

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E`lae`ag´nus
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.
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Noun1.Elaeagnus - oleaster
genus Elaeagnus
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Elaeagnaceae, family Elaeagnaceae, oleaster family - shrubs or small trees often armed
oleaster - any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits


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The plant in question is the Elaeagnus pungens, commonly known as silverberry or thorny elaeagnus.
GARDENING : FRAGRANT, TOLERANT ELAEAGNUS MAKES ITS OWN FERTILIZER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) Cutleaf weeping birch (Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica') Russian olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Silver elm (Ulmus pumila)
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