EVERGREEN

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 37

adj. E2v'u6r-gren. Lat., sempervirens. Fr., toujours vert. Ger., immergriin. Having leaves which remain on the stem without apparent change throughout at least one period of suspension of vegetation (said especially of pines and spruces). [B, 229 (o, 24).] [s. 779]