Hippophaë

noun

Hip·​poph·​aë

hiˈpäfēˌē

: a genus of thorny deciduous Old World shrubs (family Eleagnaceae) including the sea buckthorn

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin hippophaes, from Greek, spurge

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