1.
[syn: evergreen, evergreen plant]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evergreen \Ev"er*green\, n.
1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for
decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." --Keble.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Evergreen \Ev"er*green\a. (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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
evergreen
adj 1: (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the
year [ant: deciduous]
n 1: a plant having foliage that persists and remains green
throughout the year [syn: evergreen, evergreen plant]
[ant: deciduous plant]