Associations to the word «Elaeagnus»

Wiktionary

ELAEAGNUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Elaeagnaceae   — silverberry, oleaster.

Dictionary definition

ELAEAGNUS, noun. Oleaster.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats