Definition of gaultheria Gaultheria
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What does gaultheria mean?
WordNet
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| gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs | ||
| genus Gaultheria | ||
| dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| ericaceae, family ericaceae, heath family heathers | ||
| creeping snowberry, gaultheria hispidula, maidenhair berry, moxie plum slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds | ||
| creeping wintergreen, gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, checkerberry, ground-berry, groundberry, teaberry, wintergreen creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gaultheria (n.)
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).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gaultheria
gal-tē′ri-a, n. a genus of evergreen aromatic plants—one species, the U.S. winter-green, yielding a valued volatile oil. [From the Canadian botanist M. Gaultier.]
