gaultheria

/ ɡɔːlˈθɪərɪə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaultheria¹

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

Example Sentences

May.—Plant with the aromatic flavor of Gaultheria or Sweet Birch.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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Preparation.—The distilled oil from the leaves of Gaultheria procumbens is used and dispensed in one or two drop tablets.

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As the heart was very weak, pulse intermittent, I put him on the remedy, Gaultheria, with almost immediate relief, but second day there was relapse, which again responded immediately to treatment by same remedy; with this, or in connection with this remedy, I used some Bry.

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I dismissed him in ten days, more than pleased, as we were always able to control the pain immediately without any other remedy than Gaultheria.

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