evergreen

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And the name of the evergreen is the Strawberry Tree.

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  1. adjective Having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.
  2. adjective Perenially fresh or interesting; enduring.
  3. noun A tree, shrub, or plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year.

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  • Most of the trees are evergreen, that is, few of them shed their leaves annually and at once; but a constant succession of leaves makes the forest always verdant. —  Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons
  • I couldn't believe I was never going to see Peter again Chapter 9 STANDING IN THE FRAGRANT SHADOW of a tall evergreen, a large man with a nasty scar, Rory Hoffman watched as the EMS van led the caravan of vehicles off the beach. —  The Beach House
  • And the name of the evergreen is the Strawberry Tree. —  A Child's Book of Saints
  • The tree was not an evergreen, and so every branch was distinctly visible. —  Winter Adventures of Three Boys
  • It is a magnificent evergreen, and would look well on an English lawn, for it has a splendid spreading head Beside this beech, there was a pretty little laurel tree, and the arbutus, which one of the sailors, who was from Devonshire, would persist in calling a myrtle bush, although the skipper showed him the berries to convince him to the contrary. —  On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story
 

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