SHALLON

salal, shallon, Gaultheria shallon

(noun) small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shallon (plural shallons)

The shrub salal.

Anagrams

• Hollans

Source: Wiktionary


Shal"lon, n. (Bot.)

Definition: An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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