DCHP-1 Online
wolf-willow West 
n. any of several shrubs, especially the silverberry.
See also: silverberry (plant)
- 1889 The luscious perfume of wolf-willow and wild rose . . . come scampering on the western breeze.
- 1929 Flat on their bellies, taking advantage of every bit of cover, each tuft of grass, each tiny island of wolf-willow, they slipped forward. . . .
- 1955 The name of this common but handsome shrub is Silverberry (Elaegnus argentea), better known to prairie residents as Wolf willow, a name probably bestowed upon it by some early fur-trader or settler who noted that the Prairie wolf constantly found concealment amongst these grey shrubs.
- 1963 . . . a vagrant breeze from the open prairie brought to me the sweet, almost cloying scent of the silver wolf-willow. . . .
- 1889 The luscious perfume of wolf-willow and wild rose . . . come scampering on the western breeze.