Salal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries wordnet

Synonyms

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shallongaultheria shallonshallon

Example

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"India says it has found nearly 6 million metric tons of lithium-rich bauxite around the village of Salal of the Reasi district in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir."

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon from Chinook.

Related phrases

north america

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