genus Gaultheria
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| Noun | 1. |  genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubsdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs creeping snowberry, Gaultheria hispidula, maidenhair berry, moxie plum - slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil Gaultheria shallon, salal, shallon - small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries |
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