HyperDic: genus_gaultheria

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Gaultheria:
NOUNplantgenus Gaultheria, Gaultheriawidely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs
English > genus Gaultheria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs.
SynonymGaultheria
Member ofEricaceae, family Ericaceae, heath familyheathers
Memberscreeping snowberry, moxie plum, maidenhair berry, Gaultheria hispidulaSlow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds
salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallonsmall evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbensCreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgaultheria, genus gaultheria
Catalangaultheria, genus gaultheria

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