Sempervirent

//sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Evergreen. not-comparable

    "A boxwood-lined path, presided over by a nostalgic-looking sempervirent sequoia (which American visitor mistook for a ‘Lebanese cedar’ – if they remarked it at all) took them to the absurdly misnamed rue du Mûrier […]"

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abidingagedancientantiquecallowchronic

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"A boxwood-lined path, presided over by a nostalgic-looking sempervirent sequoia (which American visitor mistook for a ‘Lebanese cedar’ – if they remarked it at all) took them to the absurdly misnamed rue du Mûrier […]"

Etymology

From Latin semper (“always”) + virēns, present participle of vireō (“be green”).

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