EVERGREEN

Pronunciation (US):

 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)