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Dictionary Results For "evergreen" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Etymology

ever + green

Pronunciation

  • (UK): IPA: /ˈɛvəgriːn/,
  • (US): , IPA: /ˈɛvɚgrin/,


Adjective

  1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
  2. * 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower 1
  3. *: ...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.
  4. Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
  5. In the Context of Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
  6. * 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)
  7. *: Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.


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Noun

  1. A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
  2. More specifically, a conifer tree.
  3. * 1858: Henry David Thorea, The Maine Woods 2
  4. *: 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.
  5. * 1958: Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode
  6. *: Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
  7. *: Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
  8. *: There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
  9. *: Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
  10. A television news story that can be shown at any time there is available space as it is not time-sensitive.


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Translations

Verb

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


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Swedish

Noun

evergreen

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


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Evergreen \Ev"er*green\a. (Bot.)
Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining
unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are
expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Evergreen \Ev"er*green\, n.
1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant.
[1913 Webster]

2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for
decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." --Keble.
WordNet evergreen
adj : (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
[ant: deciduous]
n : a plant having foliage that persists and remains green
throughout the year [syn: evergreen plant] [ant: {deciduous
plant}]
Moby Dictionary
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


Evergreen, AL (city, FIPS 24808) Location: 31.43739 N, 86.95502 W Population (1990): 3911 (1735 housing units) Area: 39.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36401 Evergreen, CO (CDP, FIPS 25390) Location: 39.63368 N, 105.34230 W Population (1990): 7582 (3176 housing units) Area: 26.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80439 Evergreen, LA (town, FIPS 24775) Location: 30.95402 N, 92.10602 W Population (1990): 283 (113 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Evergreen, MT (CDP, FIPS 25075) Location: 48.22568 N, 114.27499 W Population (1990): 4109 (1635 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59901 Evergreen, NC Zip code(s): 28438 Evergreen, WA (CDP, FIPS 22675) Location: 45.62729 N, 122.52735 W Population (1990): 11249 (4076 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Evergreen, WI (CDP, FIPS 24587) Location: 44.84246 N, 89.63738 W Population (1990): 3423 (1106 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54840
Moby Dictionary 6215
Housing Units (2000): 2532
Land area (2000): 8.012444 sq. miles (20.752134 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.042377 sq. miles (0.109755 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.054821 sq. miles (20.861889 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25075
Located within: Montana (MT)
, FIPS 30
Location: 48.228746 N
, 114.273928 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59901
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Evergreen
, MT
Evergreen

Moby Dictionary 9216
Housing Units (2000): 3840
Land area (2000): 11.582230 sq. miles (29.997837 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.061964 sq. miles (0.160487 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.644194 sq. miles (30.158324 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25390
Located within: Colorado (CO)
, FIPS 08
Location: 39.638905 N
, 105.336318 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80439
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Evergreen
, CO
Evergreen

Moby Dictionary 3630
Housing Units (2000): 1860
Land area (2000): 15.193755 sq. miles (39.351642 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.060744 sq. miles (0.157326 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.254499 sq. miles (39.508968 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24808
Located within: Alabama (AL)
, FIPS 01
Location: 31.435025 N
, 86.954905 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36401
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Evergreen
, AL
Evergreen

Moby Dictionary 314
Housing Units (2000): 152
Land area (2000): 1.018993 sq. miles (2.639179 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.018993 sq. miles (2.639179 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24775
Located within: Louisiana (LA)
, FIPS 22
Location: 30.952856 N
, 92.109068 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Evergreen
, LA
Evergreen

Moby Dictionary 3611
Housing Units (2000): 1267
Land area (2000): 3.814957 sq. miles (9.880694 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.814957 sq. miles (9.880694 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24587
Located within: Wisconsin (WI)
, FIPS 55
Location: 44.847312 N
, 89.627491 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54840
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Evergreen
, WI
Evergreen

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