A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
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salal
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for salal.
Editorial note
We have patches of salmon berry, native blackberry and salal in my area that are under threat from himalayan blackberry.
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Quick take
A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for salal.
noun
A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
See also: shallon, gaultheria-shallon
Example sentences
We have patches of salmon berry, native blackberry and salal in my area that are under threat from himalayan blackberry.
Reminds me of the gangs in the Northwest who clear out Salal from public and private forests to send back to the Netherlands for the global flower trade.
Maybe once in a while they'll pull up salal or a fern or something by mistake, but that's fine because those aren't endangered species and in the absence of ivy the ecosystem will quickly recover.
I've had better luck going with native bushes where you don't need to worry as much about supplemental water: huckleberry, salal berry, salmonberry, blackberry if you can maintain them, etc.
The native blackberries are small trailing vines that grow below salmonberries, thimbleberries, huckleberries, spirea, dogwoods, elder berries, mountain ash, salal, cottonwoods, alders and more.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use salal in a sentence?
We have patches of salmon berry, native blackberry and salal in my area that are under threat from himalayan blackberry.
What does salal mean?
A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible sepals and leaves.
What part of speech is salal?
salal is commonly used as noun.