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nouna plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
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adjective(of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the yearOpposite:
Definition that contains evergreen
- box evergreen shrubs or small trees
- olive evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
- briar evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- mimosa evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
- brier evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- montezuma evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae
- dita evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
- aspidistra evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
- manzanita evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
- carob evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob