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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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Those easiest to move include camellia, Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata), dogwood, heather, eleagnus, forsythia, hebe, hydrangea, kerria, rosemary, potentilla, Spiraea japonica and rhododendron.
Beautiful borders; Now is as good a time as any to transplant shrubs. ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Those easiest to move include camellia, Mexican orange blossom, dogwood, heather, eleagnus, forsythia, hebe, hydrangea, kerria, rosemary, potentilla and rhododendron.
gardens: When shrubs need shifting by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Those easiest to move include camellia, Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata), dogwood, heather, eleagnus, forsythia, hebe, hydrangea, kerria, rosemary, potentilla, Spiraea japonica and rhododendron.
A good time to change borders; gardening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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