DCHP-3

salal-berry

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the edible, purplish berry of the salal (def. 1). Also spelled sallal berry.

Quotations

1867
Of these the Service berry . . . and the Sallal berry . . . may be specified as being the most useful.
1952
Crab-apples, cherries, currants, huckleberries, salmon-berries, salal-berries, soapberries, and saskatoons, were all gathered to be eaten fresh or dried for use during the winter.