evergreen

From ever +‎ green.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/

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• (US) enPR: ěvʹərgrēn, IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɚɡɹin/

evergreen (not comparable)

1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

   Synonym: sempervirent

   Antonym: deciduous

   • 1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower‎:

     ...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.

2. (often figuratively) Continually fresh or self-renewing.
   1. (contracts) Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
   2. (computing) 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a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
      • 2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 257:

        Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference.

3. (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.

   Synonym: timeless

   • 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, page 654:

     Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.

evergreen (plural evergreens)

1. A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
   • 1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Alice or The Mysteries […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 3:

     The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving Spring; […]

   • 1912, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Life’s Little Ironies […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 5:

     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.

2. (specifically, informal) A conifer tree.
   • 1858, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods‎:

     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, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions.

   • 1958 March 31, Chuck Berry (lyrics and music), “Johnny B. Goode”, performed by Chuck Berry:

     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. Goode

3. (mass media, informal) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

• Chinese evergreen

• → Danish: evergreen
• → Finnish: evergreen
• → Italian: evergreen
• → Swedish: evergreen

evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)

1. (patent law, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
2. (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.

• evergreen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• evergreening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From English evergreen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeʋørɡriːn/, [ˈe̞ʋø̞rɡriːn]

evergreen

1. (anglicism) evergreen (evergreen song, song that is ever popular)

• ikivihreä

• “evergreen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Borrowed from English evergreen.

evergreen (invariable)

1. evergreen (always in style)

evergreen m (invariable)

1. a song or singer that is always in style
2. (finance) revolving credit

• evergreen in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From English evergreen.

evergreen c

1. classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular

• klassiker

• evergreen in Svensk ordbok.