Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shepherdia \Shep*her"di*a\, n.; pl. {Shepherdias}. [NL. So
   called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.] (Bot.)
   A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging
   to the same family as El[ae]agnus; also, any plant of this
   genus. See {Buffalo berry}, under {Buffalo}.