Definizione monolingua

evergreen

evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)

1. (patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
2. (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.

evergreen (plural evergreens)

1. A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
2. (informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.
   • 1858: Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods [2]

     The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions.

   • 1958: Chuck Berry, Johnny B. Goode

     Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,

     Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,

     There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood

     Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode

3. (colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

evergreen (not comparable)

1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
   • 1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower [1]

     ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves.

2. Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
3. Of a document or dataset, continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and being slightly outdated in-between those publication dates)
4. (broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
   • 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654)

     Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.

Definizione dizionario evergreen

	sempreverde
	(Of plants) Having green leaves or needles throughout the entire year.

Altri significati:

Of a document or dataset, continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and being slightly outdated in-between those publication dates)

(patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.

Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.

(informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.

(broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

(banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.

(colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.

evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

tree or shrub

of plants, that do not shed their leaves