gaultheria
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gaultheria
C19: New Latin, after Jean-François Gaultier, 18th-century Canadian physician and botanist
Example Sentences
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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.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Hard-wooded plants will be generally found to do best; indeed, some of the shrub tribe succeed very well, particularly barberry, pernettyas, the early daphnes, whortleberries, gaultheria shallon and cotoneaster.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton
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