gaultheria shallon

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gaultheria shallon - 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]

  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]

  Shallon \Shal"lon\, n. (Bot.)
     An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest
     America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
     [1913 Webster]

gaultheria shallon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]