gaul|the|ria

gaul|the|ria
gaul|the|ria «gl THIHR ee uh», noun.
1. any one of a large group of aromatic evergreen shrubs of the heath family, such as the wintergreen.
2. Pharmacy, oil of wintergreen.
[< New Latin Gaultheria the genus name < M. Gaultier, a Canadian physician and botanist in the 1700's]

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