GAULTHERIA SHALLON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaultheria shallon mean? 

• GAULTHERIA SHALLON (noun)
  The noun GAULTHERIA SHALLON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GAULTHERIA SHALLON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAULTHERIA SHALLON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gaultheria shallon; salal; shallon

Hypernyms ("Gaultheria shallon" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Gaultheria shallon" is a member of...):

Gaultheria; genus Gaultheria (widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs)