Gaultheria

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 Shallon}).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gaultheria
       n : widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen
           shrubs [syn: {genus Gaultheria}]