English > Gaultheria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs. |
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| Synonym | genus Gaultheria |
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| Member of | Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family | heathers |
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| Members | creeping snowberry, moxie plum, maidenhair berry, Gaultheria hispidula | Slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds |
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| salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon | small 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 procumbens | 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 |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | gaultheria, genus gaultheria |
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| Catalan | gaultheria, genus gaultheria |
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