Gaultheria Shallon

from 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}]

from 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}).
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from 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.
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from 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]

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