gaultheria

British  

/ ɡɔːlˈθɪərɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gaultheria

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

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gaultheria

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

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