Definition of "salal" []

• A small evergreen shrub (Gaultheria shallon) native to the Pacific coast of North America, having white or pink flowers clustered in racemes and edible purple-black berries. (noun)

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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."
• "Forest Service spokeswoman Donna Nemeth said the officer suspected Salinas and the woman were harvesting salal illegally."
• "Much of the local criticism of the Border Patrol has come from arrests of migrant workers picking salal."