Evergreen


Evergreensearch for term

Having green leaves or needles all year. Evergreen trees lose their leaves individually on an ongoing basis, rather than losing all of them in a short period at the end of a growing season in the manner of deciduous trees. Evergreen plants may be broadleaf or needleleaf. Quoted, in part, from The American Heritage Science Dictionary. 2005. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.