gaultheria

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gaultheria - 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]

gaultheria - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gaultheria
      n 1: widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen
           shrubs [syn: Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria]