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ev·er·green  (vr-grn)
adj.
1. Having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.
2. Perenially fresh or interesting; enduring.
n.
1. A tree, shrub, or plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.
2. evergreens Twigs or branches of evergreen plants used as decoration.
3. Something that remains perennially fresh, interesting, or well liked.

evergreen [ˈɛvəˌgriːn]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of certain trees and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year; continually shedding and replacing leaves Compare deciduous
2. remaining fresh and vital
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an evergreen tree or shrub

evergreen  (vr-grn)
Adjective
Having green leaves or needles all year. Evergreen trees lose their leaves individually on an ongoing basis, rather than losing all of them in a short period at the end of a growing season in the manner of deciduous trees. Compare deciduous.
Noun
An evergreen tree, shrub, or plant, such as the pine, holly, or rhododendron.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.evergreenevergreen - a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Adj.1.evergreen - (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
deciduous - (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
Translations
evergreen [ˈevəgriːn]
A. ADJ
1. [tree, shrub] → de hoja perenne
2. [memory] → imperecedero; [song] → clásico, de toda la vida
B. N (= tree) → árbol m de hoja perenne; (= plant) → planta f de hoja perenne
C. CPD evergreen oak Nencina f
evergreen [ˈɛvərgriːn]
adj [shrub, plant] → à feuilles persistantes
evergreen
adj trees, shrubs, leavesimmergrün; (fig) topicimmer aktuell
evergreen [ˈɛvəˌgriːn] adj & nsempreverde (m or f)
evergreen [ˈɛvəˌgriːn] adj & nsempreverde (m or f)


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The coarse evergreen color of the small fir trees scattered here and there among the birches was an unpleasant reminder of winter.
Then I came to a long thicket of these oaklike trees-- live, or evergreen, oaks, I heard afterwards they should be called--which grew low along the sand like brambles, the boughs curiously twisted, the foliage compact, like thatch.
Hedges of evergreen or of yellow roses bordered the broad highway and the farms showed the care of their industrious inhabitants.
 
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