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单词 salal
释义

salal

noun

sa·​lal sə-ˈlal How to pronounce salal (audio)
sa-
: a small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) of the heath family found on the Pacific coast of North America and bearing edible grape-sized dark purple berries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The technicians offered the nymphs a buffet of fragrant guava, bramble and salal leaves. New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020 For instance, plants that grow in the shade of the forest – such as salal and evergreen huckleberry – don’t want the full-sun, prairie conditions required by camas and meadow checkerbloom. oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020 This week, readers ask for advice on controlling creeping bamboo and salal, for starters. OregonLive.com, 21 Oct. 2017 Late spring is time for the white bells of salal, intermingled with uncurling fronds of new ferns, and one of my favorites: tiny starflowers, with their single pinkish-white, seven-pointed star shining from a cluster of deep green leaves. Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

Chinook Jargon, from Lower Chinook sálal 

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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