salal

American

[suh-lal, sa-] / səˈlæl, sæ- /

noun

an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.

Etymology

Origin of salal

1815–25, < Chinook Jargon sallal < Lower Chinook sálal

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In tough conditions, salal grows more like a ground cover, only reaching a foot high.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

Sword ferns battle it out next to salal and Oregon grape, beneath draping Western red cedar and stout Douglas firs.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

The understory was a tangle of salal, huckleberry and ferns.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

The technicians offered the nymphs a buffet of fragrant guava, bramble and salal leaves.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020

Crab-apples, red, blue and black whortleberries, Scotch, salal, salmon and strawberries are very abundant.

From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Newton H. (Newton Henry) Chittenden

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