Sal·al-ber·ry n. 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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Shal·lon n. Bot. An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
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Gaul·the·ri·a n. 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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Gaultheria shallon
n : small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America
having edible dark purple grape-size berries [syn: salal,
shallon]