evergreen

Meanings

Plural: evergreens

Noun

• a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
• A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
• A conifer tree.
• A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

Adjective

• (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year

Adj

• Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
• Continually fresh or self-renewing.
• Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken.
• Continually fresh or self-renewing.
• Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)
• Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.

Verb

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

Synonyms

evergreen plant, sempervirent, still-green, timeless

Antonyms

deciduous, deciduous plant

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