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salal /səˈlal /nounA North American plant of the heather family, with clusters of pink or white flowers and edible purple-black berries.- Gaultheria shallon, family Ericaceae.
Amid that sea of sand, islands of forest appear, dense with Sitka spruce and salal and evergreen huckleberry....- Without pausing she went forward until tall salal, wild spiraea bushes and thorny blackberry wands barred her way.
- Mounds, called hummocks, are the growing medium though which tangles of swamp laurel, Labrador tea, salal and native cranberries and blueberries grow.
Origin Early 19th century: from Chinook Jargon sallal. |