Meaning of GAULTHERIA
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| | Definition: | | [n] widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Gaultheria |
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| | See Also: | | checkerberry, creeping snowberry, creeping wintergreen, dilleniid dicot genus, Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, Gaultheria hispidula, Gaultheria procumbens, Gaultheria shallon, groundberry, heath family, maidenhair berry, mountain tea, moxie plum, salal, shallon, teaberry, wintergreen | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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