gaultheria

/ (ɡɔːlˈθɪərɪə) /


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

Origin of gaultheria

1
C19: New Latin, after Jean-François Gaultier, 18th-century Canadian physician and botanist

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