Definitions for: Gaultheria

[n] widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs

Webster (1913) 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).

Synonyms: genus Gaultheria

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

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