Definition of Gaultheria shallon

1. Noun. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries.

Exact synonyms: Salal, Shallon
Group relationships: Gaultheria, Genus Gaultheria
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaultheria Shallon

Gaucher cells
Gaudi
Gaudi i Cornet
Gauguin
Gauguinesque
Gaul
Gaulish
Gaullism
Gaullisms
Gaullist
Gaullists
Gauls
Gaultheria hispidula
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria shallon (current term)
Gauri
Gauss' sign
Gauss gun
Gauss guns
Gauss points
Gaussian
Gaussian distribution
Gaussian distributions
Gaussian integer
Gaussian shape
Gaussianity
Gautama
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Siddhartha

Literary usage of Gaultheria shallon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"Gaultheria shallon Pursh, Fl. 283. June 20, 1806. " On the coast of the Pacific Ocean," as given, is impossible. At that date L. &. ..."

2. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"This whole paragraph is out of order ; being duplicated from another codex in the description of Gaultheria shallon, and then misplaced on the page ; where, ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1905)
"... "Sallon," and "Salal" and "Shalal" when they were asked what they called it. But whatever, botanists have settled on Gaultheria shallon for its name. ..."

4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"... with a dark Gaultheria procumbens- Gaultheria shallon. centre. G. splendens is a fine variety, and there is also one with variegated leaves. ..."

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