salal

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noun

A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.

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shallonGaultheria shallon
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Meanings

nounsalal (plural salals)

plural salals

  1. A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.

    Down below, a ragged line of wolves ran silently, in single file, following a deer trail through the salal.

    2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 186

    Synonyms: shallon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.

Similar
shallon

More synonyms by meaning

nounsmall evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries

Similar
shallonGaultheria shallon
Broader
shrubbush
Also see
shallon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon from Chinook.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Salla
Cite this entry
APA

salal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salal

MLA

“salal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salal.

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