salal

American  

[suh-lal, sa-] / səˈlæl, sæ- /

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of salal

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

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Example Sentences

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salal

A Pacific Northwest forest planted with Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and larch underplanted with evergreen huckleberry, salal and ferns transitions to an open woodland of native dogwood trees, red twig dogwood and flowering red currant.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

I love salal because, like huckleberry, it looks great every day of the year.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

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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