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Evergreen is the name of several places in the United States of America: A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ...

The term evergreen also has botanical meanings. This is the primary meaning, other meanings are derived from the botanical sense. Evergreen is a city located in Conecuh County, Alabama. ... Evergreen is a census-designated place located in Jefferson County, Colorado. ... Evergreen Park is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Evergreen is a town located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. ... Evergreen is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Evergreen, Langlade County, Wisconsin Evergreen, Marathon County, Wisconsin Evergreen, Washburn County, Wisconsin This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Evergreen Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Michigan: Evergreen Township, Montcalm County, Michigan Evergreen Township, Sanilac County, Michigan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ...


The term evergreen is used in other ways:

  • In the IT field, it is used as a verb or adjective to mean "bring up to date". For example, "The computers were evergreened." It is used particularly with reference to periodic updates, e.g. "They are evergreened every three years."
  • In business, an evergreen clause is one which states that a contract will automatically renew if neither party cancels it prior to a given period before its expiry date. (See "Never, ever agree to 'evergreen' clauses" from Computerworld)
  • In journalism, evergreen articles are items that can be published at any time, either because they do not refer directly to the day's news, or because they are about something that recurs regularly. (see slate on Explaining Today's Papers)
  • Evergreen (Band) post-punk garage rock band whose members included Slint drummer Britt Walford

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Evergreen means a plant retaining its foliage year-round (a botanist would saythe leaves are persistent or not deciduous).
The majority of plants native to thewet tropics are evergreen, replacing their leaves gradually throughout the year as the leaves age and fall.
The other meaning of evergreen is that in reference to a conifer.Technically, this is incorrect since some conifers, the larch and bald cypress for examples, are deciduous and lose their needles once a year.
Evergreen (disambiguation) - definition of Evergreen (disambiguation) in Encyclopedia (129 words)
Evergreen is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Washington is called the Evergreen State, and is the home of The Evergreen State College.
Evergreen International Aviation is an aviation services company based in the Pacific Northwest.
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