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SILVERBUSH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits

Synonyms:

Elaeagnus commutata; silver-bush; silver berry; silverberry; silverbush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silverbush" is a kind of...):

oleaster (any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Anthyllis barba-jovis; Jupiter's beard; silver-bush; silverbush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("silverbush" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("silverbush" is a member of...):

Anthyllis; genus Anthyllis (genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs)

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