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evergreens

evergreens is the plural of evergreen.

evergreens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of evergreen.

Meaning of evergreen

Noun

evergreen (plural evergreens)

  1. 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
  2. (informal, specifically) 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
  3. (informal) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

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Questions about evergreens

What is evergreens the plural of?
Evergreens is the plural of evergreen.

Words near evergreens in the dictionary

  1. evergreen wood ferns
  2. evergreened
  3. evergreenery
  4. evergreening
  5. evergreenness
  6. evergreens
  7. evergrowing
  8. Everhart
  9. Everhart-Thornley detector
  10. Everhart-Thornley detectors
  11. Everharts

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