Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Elaagnus

Elaagnus , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a Bootian marsh plant; {not transcribed} olive + {not transcribed} sacred, pure.]

(Botany) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

Also: Elaeagnus