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Definition of Gaultheria
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Creeping Snowberry, Gaultheria Hispidula, Maidenhair Berry, Moxie Plum, Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen, Gaultheria Procumbens, Ground-berry, Groundberry, Mountain Tea, Teaberry, Wintergreen, Gaultheria Shallon, Salal, Shallon
Definition of Gaultheria
1. n. A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter- green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon).
Definition of Gaultheria
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Gaultheria'' of evergreen ericaceous shrubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gaultheria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaultheria
Literary usage of Gaultheria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"The first record of the therapeutical use of oil of gaultheria, ... gaultheria gave
added impetus to "Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla," which became so ..."
2. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"Properties.—Astringent, tonic, diuretic, nephritic. Dose, 1 to 4 grams (gr.
xv—5j), in decoction or fluid extract. gaultheria. — gaultheria ..."
3. Gould and Pyle's Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery: With ...by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle, Richard John Ernst Scott (1912)
"See gaultheria. Sodium Salicylate is more soluble than the acid and less irritant
to the stomach, while in doses about 50 percent larger it is equally ..."
4. A Guide to Therapeutics and Materia Medica by Robert Farquharson (1877)
"Dose, i to 4 pills.] [gaultheria—PARTRIDGE-BERRY. 7he leaves of gaultheria
procumbens, US OFFICINAL PREPARATIONS, US Oleum gaultheria, ..."
5. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"The distilled oil from the leaves of gaultheria procumbens is used and dispensed
in one or two ... F. Lang, York, Nebraska, on the action of gaultheria. ..."
6. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"gaultheria. Fl. ex. 40. Wintergreen, Teaberry, Partridgeberry ... The' du Canada,
The ' de terre-neuve, Fr. The leaves of gaultheria procumbens'L., ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Roberts Bartholow (1903)
"Oil of gaultheria. A volatile oil, consisting almost entirely of methyl salicylate,
from the leaves of gaultheria procumbens Linné (Nat. Ord. Ericaceae). ..."
8. A Text-book of practical therapeutics by Hobart Amory Hare (1894)
"Aside from its use as a flavoring substance, oil of gaultheria is largely used
in all forms of rheumatism and in place of the ordinary ..."
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