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evergreen

[ev-er-green]

Origin

adjective

(of trees, shrubs, etc.) having green leaves throughout the entire year, the leaves of the past season not being shed until after the new foliage has been completely formed.

noun

an evergreen plant.

evergreens, evergreen twigs or branches used for decoration.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1545–55; ever + green

Related forms

sub·ev·er·green, adjective

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evergreen (ˈɛvəˌɡriːn)

—*adj*
1.	Compare deciduous (of certain trees and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year; continually shedding and replacing leaves
2.	remaining fresh and vital

—n
3.	an evergreen tree or shrub

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evergreen

1640s, in reference to trees and shrubs, from ever + green. Figurative sense from 1796.

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evergreen

  (ěv'ər-grēn') Pronunciation Key
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.

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"All the distinguished writers of that period [the Renaissance] possess a greater vigor and naturalness than the more modern,—for it is allowed to slander our own time,—and when we read a quotation from one of them in the midst of a modern author, we seem to have come suddenly upon a greener ground, a greater depth and strength of soil. It is as if a green bough were laid across the page, and we are refreshed as by the sight of fresh grass in midwinter or early spring. You have constantly the warrant of life and experience in what you read. The little that is said is eked out by implication of the much that was done. The sentences are verdurous and blooming as evergreen and flowers, because they are rooted in fact and experience, but our false and florid sentences have only the tints of flowers without their sap or roots."

-Henry David Thoreau

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