evergreen
pronunciation
How to pronounce evergreen in British English:
UK [ˈevəgri:n]
How to pronounce evergreen in American English:
US [ˈevərgrin]
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- Noun:
- a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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- Adjective:
- (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
Word Origin
- evergreen (n.)
- 1640s in reference to trees and shrubs, from ever + green (adj.). From 1660s as an adjective; figurative sense from 1871.
Example
- 1. On a cold and rainy december morning , eight workers bustle inside the evergreen co-operative laundry .
- 2. Green tea is made from the dried leaves of camellia sinensis , an evergreen shrub native to asia .
- 3. The yangmei is an evergreen plant which produces delicious round fruits of a purple color .
- 4. But by 1745 , an early georgian parlour is decorated with only a garland and a few sprigs of evergreen .
- 5. Too much yohimbe , a bark from a west african evergreen tree , can kill you , which is not the kind of stiffness most guys are after .