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salal

salal noun: a leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.

salal: a leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves
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Noun

salal (plural salals)

  1. A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
    • Down below, a ragged line of wolves ran silently, in single file, following a deer trail through the salal.2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 186
    Synonyms:
    shallon

Synonyms of salal

Forms of salal

pluralsalals

Origin of salal

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon from Chinook.

Words formed from salal

Questions about salal

What does salal mean?
Salal means a leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
What part of speech is salal?
Salal is a noun.
What is the plural of salal?
The plural of salal is salals.

Words near salal in the dictionary

  1. salak palm
  2. salak palms
  3. salakot
  4. salakots
  5. salaks
  6. salal
  7. Salala
  8. Salalah
  9. salalberries
  10. salalberry
  11. salals

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