gaultheria

/ ɡɔːlˈθɪərɪə /

noun

any aromatic evergreen shrub of the ericaceous genus Gaultheria, of America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, esp the wintergreen

C19: New Latin, after Jean-François Gaultier, 18th-century Canadian physician and botanist

Gaultheria Fragrantissima (true active principle), Process-Laborde, is probably ordinary everyday salicylic acid.

Forming fruit (capsule) of Gaultheria, with calyx thickening around its base.

There are two species of Gaultheria common in British gardens: viz.G.

Add the fat starch and the spirit of gaultheria, and preserve in a well-stoppered bottle.

Hemiphragma, Gaultheria nummulareoides, Panax Rhododendrifol.

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