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[syn: salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gaultheria \Gaul*the"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,
often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green
(Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of
Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Salal-berry \Sal"al-ber`ry\, n. [Probably of American Indian
origin.] (Bot.)
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous
shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about
the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shallon \Shal"lon\, n. (Bot.)
An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest
America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gaultheria shallon
n 1: small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America
having edible dark purple grape-sized berries [syn:
salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon]