salal

salal
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]

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  • salal — [sə lal′] n. a small, evergreen gaultheria shrub (Gaultheria shallon) native to the W coast of North America, having dark leaves, small clusters of white or pink flowers, and purple black, edible berries …   English World dictionary

  • Salal — Taxobox color = lightgreen name = Salal status = secure image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Gaultheria species = G. shallon binomial = Gaultheria shallon …   Wikipedia

  • Salal — Pour la région de Somalie, voir Salal (région). Salal سلال (ar) Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • salal — noun Etymology: Chinook Jargon, from Lower Chinook sálal Date: 1825 a small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) of the heath family found on the Pacific coast of North America and bearing edible grape sized dark purple berries …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • salal — /seuh lal , sa /, n. an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish black fruit. [1815 25, Amer.; …   Universalium

  • salal — sa•lal [[t]səˈlæl, sæ [/t]] n. pln an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, native to the W coast of North America, with oblong leaves, clusters of pink or white flowers, and edible purplish black fruit • Etymology: 1815–25, amer.; < Chinook… …   From formal English to slang

  • salal — puošnioji bruknuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, pašarinis, vaisinis augalas (Gaultheria shallon), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Gaultheria shallon angl. salal; shallon ryšiai:… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Salal Hydroelectric Project — on the Chenab River is located near Reasi in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Construction work commenced in 1970. The project was commissioned in two stages, at a total cost of Rs. 935,500,000. In the first stage, a 345 MW… …   Wikipedia

  • Salal Bugti — was born in Quetta, Balochistan on December 23, 1969.[citation needed] He was assassinated in June 1992 on Jinnah Road, Quetta by members of the Kalpar tribe, a sub clan of the Bugti tribe opposed to Nawab Akbar Bugti,[1] He was Nawab Bugti s… …   Wikipedia

  • salal berry — or sallal berry noun Its edible fruit • • • Main Entry: ↑salal …   Useful english dictionary

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