DCHP-1 Online
buffalo berry † West 
a shrub of the genus Shepherdia, as S. canadensis; also, the edible red berry of this shrub.
- 1920 I have read that the name Buffalo-berry is derived from the fact that it was a customary garnish to the monotonous buffalo steaks and tongues of those days.
- 1957 He went to the trading room and stared round him, thinking of . . . red buffalo berries still on the twigs.
- 1958 Up in the coulees, you can find a few shrubs of the buffalo berry. . . .
- 1920 I have read that the name Buffalo-berry is derived from the fact that it was a customary garnish to the monotonous buffalo steaks and tongues of those days.