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buffalo berry
noun[ C or U ]
(alsobuffaloberry)uk /ˈbʌf.ə.ləʊ ˌber.i/ us /ˈbʌf.ə.loʊ ˌber.i/
[ C or U ]
a kind of small tree that grows in North America, with silver leaves and twigs(= small branches) and berries that can be eaten:
Wildflowers were everywhere among the pines: ragwort, buffalo berry, bluebells, and golden rod.
Buffaloberries are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies.
[ C ]
the fruit of the buffalo berry tree:
Grizzlies also eat buffalo berries, and vegetation from the flood plain in the spring.
Buffaloberries are sour and can be made into jam, pie, jelly, or syrup.
They planted willows, cottonwoods and other plants that flourish in a river environment: buffaloberry, sedges, and bulrush.
The explorers discovered plants that their world hadn't known existed: Indian tobacco, buffalo berry, aromatic aster, and purple coneflower.
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