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Webster 1913 Edition


Evergreen

Ev′er-green

Adj.
(Bot.)
Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

Ev′er-green

,
Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen plant.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evergreen

EV'ERGREEN

,
Adj.
[ever and green.] Always green; verdant throughout the year.
The pine is an evergreen tree.

EV'ERGREEN

,
Noun.
A plant that retains its verdure through all the seasons; as a garden furnished with evergreens.

Definition 2024


Evergreen

Evergreen

See also: evergreen

English

Proper noun

Evergreen

  1. A city and county seat in Alabama, US.
  2. A CDP in Colorado, US.
  3. A town in Louisiana, US.
  4. A village in Missouri, US.
  5. A CDP in Montana, US.
  6. One of two towns in Wisconsin, US.

evergreen

evergreen

See also: Evergreen

English

Adjective

evergreen (not comparable)

  1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
    • 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
      ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves.
  2. Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
    1. (contracts) A clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
    2. (computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a dataset, being continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
      • 2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press (ISBN 9781593275808), page 257
        Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference.
  3. (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
    • 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)
      Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.

Antonyms

  • (of plants, that do not shed their leaves): deciduous

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

evergreen (plural evergreens)

  1. A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
  2. (informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.
    • 1858: Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
      The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions.
    • 1958: Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
      Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
      Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
      There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
  3. (colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

Derived terms

  • Chinese evergreen

Translations

Verb

evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)

  1. (patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
  2. (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.

See also


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeʋørɡriːn/

Noun

evergreen

  1. (anglicism) evergreen (evergreen song, song that is ever popular)

Declension

Inflection of evergreen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative evergreen evergreenit
genitive evergreenin evergreenien
partitive evergreeniä evergreenejä
illative evergreeniin evergreeneihin
singular plural
nominative evergreen evergreenit
accusative nom. evergreen evergreenit
gen. evergreenin
genitive evergreenin evergreenien
partitive evergreeniä evergreenejä
inessive evergreenissä evergreeneissä
elative evergreenistä evergreeneistä
illative evergreeniin evergreeneihin
adessive evergreenillä evergreeneillä
ablative evergreeniltä evergreeneiltä
allative evergreenille evergreeneille
essive evergreeninä evergreeneinä
translative evergreeniksi evergreeneiksi
instructive evergreenein
abessive evergreenittä evergreeneittä
comitative evergreeneineen

Synonyms


Italian

Adjective

evergreen m, f (invariable)

  1. evergreen (always in style)

Noun

evergreen m (invariable)

  1. A song or singer that is always in style
  2. (finance) revolving credit

References


Swedish

Noun

evergreen c

  1. classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular

Declension

Inflection of evergreen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative evergreen evergreenen evergreener evergreenerna
Genitive evergreens evergreenens evergreeners evergreenernas

Synonyms