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‖ Gaultheria|gɒlˈθɪərɪə, -ɔː-| [mod.L., f. name of M. Gaultier, a Canadian botanist.] A genus of evergreen aromatic plants (family Ericaceæ). The plant Gaultheria procumbens, known in the U.S. as Wintergreen, yields a volatile oil, used in the pharmacopœia, called gaultheria oil.
1848in Craig. 1859Fownes' Chem. 527 Gaultheria oil is isomeric with anisic acid. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder 49 Emulsion, prepared with gum Arabic, loaf-sugar, and oil of gaultheria. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 140 Above the tambo there was a small thicket of gaultherias. |