Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) in the heath family, native to the Pacific coast of North America, having white or pink flowers clustered in racemes and edible purple-black berries.
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- noun A
leathery -leavedNorth American shrub , Gaultheria shallon, with ediblesepals andleaves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Later, when she and Hanson were planting native plants such as salal and salmonberry along the trail, she saw adult salamanders.
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According to the sheriff's office, Forest Service and Border Patrol, Salinas and a woman were returning from a day harvesting salal.
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Much of the local criticism of the Border Patrol has come from arrests of migrant workers picking salal.
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Dyer said that they don't specifically target salal workers but when the Forest Service calls for aid, agents respond.
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Forest Service spokeswoman Donna Nemeth said the officer suspected Salinas and the woman were harvesting salal illegally.
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Dyer said that they don't specifically target salal workers but when the Forest Service calls for aid, agents respond.
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Forest Service spokeswoman Donna Nemeth said the officer suspected Salinas and the woman were harvesting salal illegally.
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Immigrants — both legal and illegal — also make up another economic driver: Collecting leafs from the leathery-leaved shrub salal, used in the floral green ornament industry.
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Much of the local criticism of the Border Patrol has come from arrests of migrant workers picking salal.
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The penalty for picking salal or other forest-based products outside of designated areas can start at $275.
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