DCHP-1 Online
silver(y) oleaster Obs. 
a silvery-gray shrub, Elaeagnus argentea, common in the west.
See also: silverberry (plant)
- 1830 Silver Oleaster [is] a spreading shrub about three or four feet high, of very unusual appearance.
- 1852 The . . . silvery oleaster (Elaeagnus argentea) ... and Amelanchier grow on banks that in Europe would be covered with gorse and broom.
- 1830 Silver Oleaster [is] a spreading shrub about three or four feet high, of very unusual appearance.