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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries;
[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]