gaultheria

/ ɡɔːlˈθɪərɪə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaultheria¹

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

Example Sentences

May.—Plant with the aromatic flavor of Gaultheria or Sweet Birch.

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It contains, according to the manufacturers, the "essential antiseptic constituents of thyme, eucalyptus, baptisia, gaultheria, and mentha arvensis," and also two grains of benzo-boracic acid in each drachm.

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I then resolved to try Gaultheria.

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

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As the heart was very weak, pulse intermittent, I put him on the remedy, Gaultheria, with almost immediate relief, but second day there was relapse, which again responded immediately to treatment by same remedy; with this, or in connection with this remedy, I used some Bry.

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