ADJECTIVE | all | evergreen | (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year |
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NOUN | plant | evergreen, evergreen plant | a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year |
Sounds | eh'vergriy.n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year. | |
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Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
Narrower | coniferous, cone-bearing | Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves |
semi-evergreen, half-evergreen | Of a plant that is incompletely evergreen | |
Opposite | deciduous | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season |
Spanish | perenne, perennifolia, perennifolio | |
Catalan | perenne, perennifoli |
Meaning | A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year. | |
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Synonym | evergreen plant | |
Broader | vascular plant, tracheophyte | green plant having a vascular system |
Opposite | deciduous plant | A plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season |
Spanish | perennifolio, planta de hoja perenne, planta perenne | |
Catalan | perennifoli, planta de fulla perenne, planta perenne |
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