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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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