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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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Salmonberry, salal, evergreen huckleberry and more probably are lurking nearby.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

Its long silky fringe swung through the salal and ferns as the Port Gamble S’Klallam elder explained the meaning of this simple cemetery in the woods.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020

He could distinguish colors—a blue skirt, the deep green of salal and second-growth cedar, the weathered hue of the walls.

From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair

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