EVERGREEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does evergreen mean?
• EVERGREEN (noun)
The noun EVERGREEN has 1 sense:
1. a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
Familiarity information: EVERGREEN used as a noun is very rare.
• EVERGREEN (adjective)
The adjective EVERGREEN has 1 sense:
1. (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
Familiarity information: EVERGREEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EVERGREEN (noun)
Meaning:
A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
evergreen; evergreen plant
Hypernyms ("evergreen" is a kind of...):
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
• EVERGREEN (adjective)
Meaning:
(of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
Similar:
cone-bearing; coniferous (of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves)
half-evergreen; semi-evergreen (of a plant that is incompletely evergreen)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Antonym:
deciduous ((of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season)