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Webster 1913 Edition


Gaultheria


Gaul-the′ri-a

,
Noun.
[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
).

Definition 2024


Gaultheria

Gaultheria

See also: gaultheria

Translingual

Proper noun

Gaultheria f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae snowberry and similar plants.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

gaultheria

gaultheria

See also: Gaultheria

English

Noun

gaultheria (plural gaultherias)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.