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A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
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(specifically) A conifer tree.
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A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
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(pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
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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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Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
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Continually fresh or self-renewing.
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Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
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Examples of evergreen in a Sentence
They are magnificent evergreen trees, with apparently whorled branches, and stiff, flattened, pointed leaves, found in Brazil and Chile, Polynesia and Australia.
Grown warm through the winter the plant would remain evergreen.
The alternate leaves are more or less deeply sinuated or cut in many species, but in some of the deciduous and many of the evergreen kinds are nearly or quite entire on the margin.
At a few points, such as Nikita near Livadia and Alupka, where plants have been acclimatized by human agency, the Californian Wellingtonia, the Lebanon cedar, many evergreen trees, the laurel, the cypress, and even the Anatolian palm (Chamaerops excelsa) flourish.
The common English bramble is practically evergreen, the leaves lasting through winter and until the new leaves are developed next spring.
The main stair tower is clad with the rendered insulation system for its full height, and vertical wires will support an evergreen clematis.
Ivy is our only native woody evergreen climber and it makes a wonderful contribution both to the beauty of our woodlands and its ecology.
Climbing Plants A pruning and planting schedule for evergreen and deciduous climbers.. .
Hedera helix, is the only native British evergreen climbing shrub.
In time this English holly forms a tall conical tree - making a majestic, evergreen specimen plant for large gardens or parks.
Viburnum tinus is a commonly grown shrub, with evergreen leaves.
Rustic chandeliers can also be made from wrought iron and often feature images such as wildlife, evergreen trees, pinecones or Native American symbols.
A leafy or flowering branch from a magnolia or evergreen tree will look interesting without any fabric.
If you collect bird figurines, repurpose a few cardinals to perch among your evergreen spray or cascade.
Also referred to as Mehendi, henna is a product derived from an evergreen plant with crushed dried berries added to form its reddish brown color or black hue.
Lastly, it unites musk, black amber and the heady, evergreen goodness of Sequoia.
Gingerbread is as traditional for Christmas as an evergreen dripping with tinsel or candy canes.
Fake snow can be sprayed on the corners of the windows for a wintry scene, and small evergreen boughs can be randomly strewn on table tops for color.
For an environmentally conscious gift, you can give your guests an evergreen seedling to be taken home and planted.
A miniature swag of ivy, evergreen, or metallic garland would work nicely as part of the pew décor.
To decorate the head table, have a garland of ivy or evergreen sweep across the front of the table.
A noble evergreen Tree Fern, having a stout trunk, 30 feet high or more, the fronds forming a magnificent crown, often 20 to 30 feet across.
Araujia Sericofera - A bold and distinct evergreen climber, not hardy everywhere, but where it succeeds in a southern county flowers, and in late summer bears curious fruits.
Aristotelia - A. macqui is a hardy Chilian shrub of the Lime Tree family, chiefly esteemed for its handsome evergreen foliage.
A. microphylla is a graceful evergreen shrub, with many small flowers, succeeded in autumn by small orange-red berries.
It is a spreading evergreen, flowering sparsely on heavy and cold soil, but on light soils often blooming freely in May; the flowers yellow, about 1 1/2 inches across, but not pretty.
Bear-berry (Arctostaphylos) - Mostly trailing alpine evergreen of the Heath order, of which few are in cultivation.
A. Uva-ursi (Bear-berry) is a dwarf evergreen mountain shrub, 1 foot high, sometimes grown with rock plants.
Division. A. nitida is a Mexican half-hardy evergreen with shining green leaves and white flowers.
Hardy evergreen perennials, of which V. graeca is the handsomest, and bears a strong resemblance to the better-known V. utriculata, long cultivated in gardens.
Blue-bell Creeper (Sollya) - Beautiful evergreen climbing shrubs from Australia, mostly grown under glass but hardy in the open air in the warmest parts of the south-west of England, Wales, and Ireland.
B. erectus is a dwarf evergreen Ericaceous bush, from 8 inches to 1 foot high, bearing pretty pinkish flowers.
R. Alaternus is a stout evergreen from the Mediterranean region, with small rounded leaves of firm texture, and variable as to habit, but often straggling.
This dense, much-branched evergreen rarely grows more than 2 feet high, and its thick, white, twining roots strike deep into the ground.
Californian Laurel (Umbellularia Californica) - A handsome evergreen tree, seldom planted, though hardy in our southern gardens and suited to walls where too tender for the open.
In its own land it makes a noble evergreen tree 90 to 100 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 4, 6, or even 8 feet in rare instances where the trees have endured for centuries.
Under those favourable conditions it forms a pretty evergreen bush in bloom nearly all the year.
Where a very dwarf evergreen edging is required for a shrubbery, or for beds of shrubs, it is one of the best plants known, as on any soil it quickly forms spreading masses almost as low as the lawn-grass.
Chinese Jasmine (Trachelospermum) - Climbing shrubs with evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers, hardy upon warm walls in favoured places.
Coprosma - Dwarf evergreen shrubs from New Zealand, best seen in shore and southern gardens, and most at home on a bold rock garden.
Coprosma Baueri - One of the best for outdoor planting in the South of England, it forms a handsome evergreen, with glossy, oval, or oblong leaves, which are thick in texture, 2 to 3 inches long, and up to 2 1/2 inches wide.
It is not such a fine evergreen as some of the other species, and cannot be said to be very ornamental.
Coral Barberry (Berberidopsis) - B. corallina is a beautiful evergreen climbing shrub from Chili, hardy enough for open walls in the southern counties.
Corokia - Two pretty evergreen shrubs from New Zealand, allied to the Dogwoods, and hardy only in the warmer parts of Britain.
Though really evergreen, the leaves are so small and scattered that even in full growth the plant has a peculiar appearance, and yet so thickly do the stems interlace that there is no suggestion of nakedness.
Crowberry (Empetrum) - E. nigrum is a small evergreen Heath-like bush, of the easiest culture, which may be associated with the dwarfer rock shrubs.
These plants seem to be hardy enough in the southern districts of Britain, and rich as we are in evergreen plants in Britain, these are distinct enough to take a good place.
Deer Berry (Mitchella) - M. repens is a neat, trailing, small evergreen herb, 2 or 3 inches high, with white flowers in summer, succeeded by small bright red berries.
Desfontainea - In favoured gardens along the southern coast, and in other mild parts, D. spinosa, a very beautiful evergreen shrub from Chili, can be grown and flowered out of doors.
Distylium - Two species of small evergreen trees allied to the Witch Hazel, and much used for hedges in China and Japan.