Gaultheria shallon (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Gaultheria shallon; salal; shallon

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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