buffaloberry

See also: buffalo-berry and buffalo berry

English

Alternative forms

• buffalo berry, buffalo-berry

Etymology

From buffalo +‎ berry.

Noun

buffaloberry (plural buffaloberries)

1. Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
2. The edible berry of these plants.

Synonyms

• soopolallie

Translations

shrub of the genus Shepherdia

• Arapaho: hooxeehib
• Assiniboine: dágušašanahu
• Cheyenne: ma'kemenó'e
• Crow: baalashiísshee
• Dakota: maštį́phute
• Lakota: maštíŋčaphute
• Navajo: dibédą́ą́ʼ