Evergreen
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English
Adjective
Evergreen (not comparable)
- Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
- Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
- Of a document or dataset, continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and being slightly outdated in-between those publication dates)
- (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
Antonyms
- (of plants, that do not shed their leaves): deciduous
Derived terms
Noun
Evergreen (plural Evergreens)- A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
- (informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.
- (colloquial) 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)
- (patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
- (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.
Thesaurus
abiding, age-long, aged, amphibian, ancient, angiosperm, annual, antique, aquatic plant, arborary, arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, biennial, bushlike, bushy, callow, chronic, citrous, conifer, coniferous, constant, continuing, cosmopolite, cutting, deciduous, deciduous plant, dendriform, dendritic, dendroid, dewy, dicot, dicotyledon, diuturnal, durable, enduring, ephemeral, ever-blooming, ever-new, exotic, firsthand, fledgling, flowering plant, fresh, fruit tree, fungus, gametophyte, green, gymnosperm, half-hardy, hardwood, hardwood tree, hardy, hydrophyte, immature, immutable, indeciduous, intact, intransient, inveterate, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, macrobiotic, maiden, maidenly, monocot, monocotyl, neoteric, nestling, new, nondeciduous, of long duration, of long standing, original, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, piny, plant, pollard, polycot, polycotyl, polycotyledon, pristine, raw, remaining, sapling, scrubbly, scrubby, scrublike, seed plant, seedling, sempervirent, shade tree, shrubby, shrublike, softwood, softwood tree, spermatophyte, sporophyte, stable, staying, steadfast, thallophyte, timber, timber tree, tough, tree, treelike, triennial, unbeaten, undeveloped, unfading, unfledged, unhandled, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, vascular plant, vegetable, vernal, virgin, virginal, vital, weed, young
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Finnish
Noun
Evergreen
- classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular
Declension
Declension of Evergreen (type risti)
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Swedish
Noun
Evergreen c.
- classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular
Declension
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | Evergreen | evergreenen | evergreener | evergreenerna |
| genitive | Evergreens | evergreenens | evergreeners | evergreenernas |
