Ev"er*green (?) a. Bot.

Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

 

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Ev"er*green, n.

1. Bot.

An evergreen plant.

2. pl.

Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.

"The funeral evengreens entwine."

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