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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) in the heath family, native to the Pacific coast of North America, having white or pink flowers clustered in racemes and edible purple-black berries.

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  • noun A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.

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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Chinook Jargon sallal, from Chinook sálal.]

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From Chinook Jargon from Chinook.

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