evergreen
/ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/US/ˈɛvɚɡɹin/
evergreen adjective: of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
Adjective
evergreen (not comparable)
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- Near-synonym: nondeciduous
- ...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.1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
- Synonyms:
- sempervirent, still-green, nondeciduous
- Antonyms:
- deciduous, summergreen
- Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
- Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
- Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference.2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 257
- Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
- Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, page 654
- Synonyms:
- timeless
Noun
evergreen (plural evergreens)
- A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
- The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving Spring; […]1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3
- Husband and wife walked till they had reached the house they were in search of, which stood in a terrace facing the sea, and was fronted by a small garden of wind-proof and salt-proof evergreens, stone steps leading up to the porch.1912, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Life’s Little Ironies […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 5
- A conifer tree.
- 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...1858, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods
- 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. Goode1958 March 31, Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode”, performed by Chuck Berry
- A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
Verb
evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)
Proper noun capitalized: Evergreen
Evergreen
- A rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A city, the county seat of Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.
- A ghost town in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
- A neighborhood and district of San Jose, California, United States.
- A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States.
- A town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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- A village in Laclede County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tatums Township, Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ransom Township, Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States.
- A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A former census-designated place in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, now part of the village of Kronenwetter.
- A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
evergreen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
evergreen in Hindi
- of plants, that do not shed their leaves
- सदाबहार sadābhār
evergreen in Tamil
- மாறாப்பசுமை, பசுமைமாறா
evergreen in Marathi
- सदाहरित, सदाबहार
evergreen in Urdu
- evergreen; always flowering
- سدابہار sadā-bahār
More languagesFewer languages
- evergreen in Bengali
- চিরহরিৎ cirhorit
- evergreen in Telugu
- సతతహరిత satataharita, సస్యశ్యామల sasyaśyāmala
- evergreen in Malayalam
- സദാപച്ചയായ, നിത്യഹരിതമായ, വാടാത്ത
- evergreen in Kannada
- ನಿತ್ಯಹರಿದ್ವರ್ಣ nityaharidvarṇa
- evergreen in Punjabi
- ਸਦਾਬਹਾਰ, ਸਦਾ-ਹਰੀ
- evergreen in Gujarati
- સદાબહાર, સદાહરિત
- evergreen in Odia
- ଚିରହରିତ୍, ଚିରହରିତ, ଚିରସବୁଜ
- evergreen in Nepali
- सदाबहार, सदाहरित, चिरहरित
- evergreen in Indonesian
- malar hijau
- evergreen in Vietnamese
- thường xanh
Examples of evergreen in a sentence
- Trees fall into two main categories: deciduous and evergreen.
- The hyperwet evergreen forest has no dry season.
- Evergreening kept a bunch of companies afloat — like Daiei — that had utterly broken business models.
Synonyms of evergreen
Antonyms
Forms of evergreen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | evergreens |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | evergreens |
| present participle | evergreening |
| past participle | evergreened |
| past | evergreened |
Origin of evergreen
From ever + green.
Words formed from evergreen
Phrases with evergreen
Questions about evergreen
- What does evergreen mean?
- Evergreen means of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- What is evergreen in Hindi?
- Evergreen in Hindi is सदाबहार (sadābhār). See Evergreen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is evergreen?
- Evergreen can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce evergreen?
- Evergreen is pronounced /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/ (UK).
Words near evergreen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: evergreen (page history and authors); Evergreen (page history and authors); evergreen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evergreen (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سدابہار (Urdu) (page history and authors); চিরহরিৎ (Bengali) (page history and authors); evergreen (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evergreen (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evergreen (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evergreen (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evergreen (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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