salal-berry

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A berry-like fruit about the size of a common grape, of a dark color and sweet flavor. It is the fruit of Gaultheria Shallon, the salal, a small shrubby plant about 1½ feet high, growing in Oregon and California.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.