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gaultheria

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɔːlˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ɡɔlˈθɪɹ.i.ə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genus Gaultheria

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dilleniid dicot genus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Gaultheria.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُلْطَارِيَة (ḡulṭāriya) — Gaultheria
  • Czech: libavka — Gaultheria
  • Czech: líbavka — Gaultheria
  • Esperanto: gaŭlterio — Gaultheria
  • French: gaulthérie — Gaultheria
  • French: gaultheria — Gaultheria
  • German: Scheinbeere — Gaultheria
  • Polish: golteria — Gaultheria
  • Polish: gaulteria — Gaultheria
  • Russian: гаульте́рия (gaulʹtérija) — Gaultheria
  • Russian: гаулте́рия (gaultérija) — Gaultheria
  • Russian: готье́рия (gotʹjérija) — Gaultheria
  • Russian: гольте́рия (golʹtérija) — Gaultheria
  • Spanish: gaulteria — Gaultheria