gaultheria

noun

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

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for gaultheria

Historical Examples

There are two species of Gaultheria common in British gardens: viz.G.
Botany for Ladies
Jane Loudon
The salal (Gaultheria Shallon), which forms a carpet to the ground, especially where the soil is poor.
The Adventures of John Jewitt
John Rodgers Jewitt
After all Epigaea and Gaultheria are vines closely allied, and it is no wonder that there is a family resemblance.
Old Plymouth Trails
Winthrop Packard
Gave her one-half drachm Gaultheria and requested her to take twenty drops in two hours if pain and soreness was not relieved.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various
Gaultheria procumbens (Partridge Berry) is too valuable to pass unnoticed.
Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
Ernest Thomas Cook

gaultheria

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for gaultheria

Historical Examples

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

The salal (Gaultheria Shallon), which forms a carpet to the ground, especially where the soil is poor.

After all Epigaea and Gaultheria are vines closely allied, and it is no wonder that there is a family resemblance.

Gave her one-half drachm Gaultheria and requested her to take twenty drops in two hours if pain and soreness was not relieved.

Gaultheria procumbens (Partridge Berry) is too valuable to pass unnoticed.