salal

[ suh-lal, sa- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salal¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Seattle Times

Dix organized work parties to clear paths and applied for a $2,200 King Conservation District grant to landscape and replant it with native plants — bunchberry, Oregon grape, flowering currant, salal.

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

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

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