salal-berry

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salal-berry - 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]