Of a tree, shrub, etc.: having green foliage all the year round. Contrasted with deciduous.

producing flowers and fruit continuously throughout the growing season; also figurative.

producing flowers throughout the growing season; (also figurative) continuously flourishing or in its prime.

= evergreen, adj.

Of plants or their leaves: remaining green or leafy throughout the year; evergreen. Obsolete.

Evergreen. Also absol. as n., an evergreen plant (rare).

Botany. Continually producing new growth throughout the year. Cf. evergreen, adj. 1a.

= sempervirent, adj.