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Widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs
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gaultheria
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gaultheria is a genus of about 135 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae . The name commemorates Jean-François Gauthier of Quebec, an honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748 and taken up by Carl Linnaeus in his . These plants are native ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gaultheria \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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Gaultheria'' of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.