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"word": "evergreen industry"
},
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"word": "evergreenness"
},
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"word": "evergreen oak"
},
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"word": "evergreen wood fern"
},
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}
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"ref": "1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower",
"text": "...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.",
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"Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally."
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечназялёны"
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"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
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"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечнозеле́н"
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"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chángqīng",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常青"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
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{
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"roman": "chánglǜ",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常绿"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "stedsegrøn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "groenblijvend"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ĉiamverda"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ainavihanta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ikivihanta"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ikivihreä"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "à feuilles persistantes"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempervirent"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maradmc̣vane",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "მარადმწვანე"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "immergrün"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aeithalís",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "αειθαλής"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "aeithalḗs",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ἀειθαλής"
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"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "יְרֹק־עַד"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "he",
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"roman": "yarók ‘ad",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ירוק עד"
},
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"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sadābhār",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "सदाबहार"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "örökzöld"
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{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vetrargrænn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "síorghlas"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempreverde"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"alt": "じょうりょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōryoku",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常緑"
},
{
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"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "nityaharidvarṇa",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ನಿತ್ಯಹರಿದ್ವರ್ಣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangnogui",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "상록의"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangnok",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "상록"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "visžalis"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zímzelen",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "зи́мзелен"
},
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sheer-ghlass"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "māotaota"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "raumāota"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "eviggrønn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "eviggrøn"
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{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ægrǿnn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sígrǿnn"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "zimozielony"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempre-verde"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "perenifólio"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempervirescent"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "večnozeljónyj",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечнозелёный"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "bith-bheò"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-bheò"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-uaine"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-ghorm"
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{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "perennifolio"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "de hoja perenne"
},
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"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "städsegrön"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "vintergrön"
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{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "satataharita",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "సతతహరిత"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sasyaśyāmala",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "సస్యశ్యామల"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "her dem yeşil"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "yaprak dökmeyen"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vičnozelényj",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вічнозеле́ний"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "thường xanh"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "laidagrünik"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 3 3 23",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "bytholwyrdd"
}
]
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"Continually fresh or self-renewing.",
"Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken."
],
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"(often figuratively) Continually fresh or self-renewing.",
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"Fundamental"
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"ref": "2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press, page 257",
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"Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)"
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"(often figuratively) Continually fresh or self-renewing.",
"(computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a data set: kept continually up to date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime)"
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"not-comparable",
"often"
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
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"name": "Broadcasting",
"orig": "en:Broadcasting",
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"Telecommunications",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"ref": "2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, page 654",
"text": "Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"time-dependent"
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"(broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent."
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"tags": [
"UK"
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"bor": "1"
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"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: evergreen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: evergreen"
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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
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"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: evergreen",
"name": "desc"
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"2": "ever",
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[
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[
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],
[
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[
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"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwezenn bourc'hidik"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "br",
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"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "gwez padus o delioù"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "常青樹"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chángqīngshù",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "常青树"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ĉiamverdo"
},
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"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ikivihreä"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 19 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ainavihanta kasvi"
},
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"_dis1": "78 19 4",
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},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vječnazjaljóny",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечназялёны"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "padus o delioù"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "pourc'hidik"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "večnozelén",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечнозеле́н"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chángqīng",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常青"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常綠"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chánglǜ",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常绿"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stálezelený"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "stedsegrøn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "groenblijvend"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ĉiamverda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ainavihanta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ikivihanta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ikivihreä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "à feuilles persistantes"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempervirent"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maradmc̣vane",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "მარადმწვანე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "immergrün"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aeithalís",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "αειθαλής"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aeithalḗs",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ἀειθαλής"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "יְרֹק־עַד"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yarók ‘ad",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ירוק עד"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sadābhār",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "सदाबहार"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "örökzöld"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sígrænn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vetrargrænn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "síorghlas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempreverde"
},
{
"alt": "じょうりょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jōryoku",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "常緑"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "nityaharidvarṇa",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ನಿತ್ಯಹರಿದ್ವರ್ಣ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangnogui",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "상록의"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sangnok",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "상록"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "visžalis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zímzelen",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "зи́мзелен"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sheer-ghlass"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "māotaota"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "raumāota"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "eviggrønn"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "eviggrøn"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "ægrǿnn"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sígrǿnn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "zimozielony"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempre-verde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "perenifólio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sempervirescent"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "večnozeljónyj",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вечнозелёный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "bith-bheò"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-bheò"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-uaine"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "sìor-ghorm"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "perennifolio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "de hoja perenne"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "städsegrön"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "vintergrön"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "satataharita",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "సతతహరిత"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sasyaśyāmala",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "సస్యశ్యామల"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "her dem yeşil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "yaprak dökmeyen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vičnozelényj",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "вічнозеле́ний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "thường xanh"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "laidagrünik"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "of plants, that do not shed their leaves",
"word": "bytholwyrdd"
}
],
"word": "evergreen"
}
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"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verbs",
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"word": "Chinese evergreen"
}
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: evergreen"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: evergreen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: evergreen"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: evergreen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: evergreen"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "evergreen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: evergreen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: evergreen"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "ever",
"3": "green"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ever + green.",
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{
"form": "evergreens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "evergreen (plural evergreens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally."
],
"links": [
[
"shrub",
"shrub"
],
[
"tree",
"tree#Noun"
],
[
"shed",
"shed#Verb"
],
[
"leaves",
"leaf#Noun"
],
[
"needles",
"needle#Noun"
],
[
"seasonally",
"seasonally"
]
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1858, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1958 March 31, Chuck Berry (lyrics and music), “Johnny B. Goode”, performed by Chuck Berry",
"text": "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",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A conifer tree."
],
"links": [
[
"conifer",
"conifer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(specifically, informal) A conifer tree."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"specifically"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time."
],
"qualifier": "mass media",
"raw_glosses": [
"(mass media, informal) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛvɚɡɹin/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "ěvʹərgrēn",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gwezenn bourc'hidik"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "gwez padus o delioù"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "常青樹"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chángqīngshù",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "常青树"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ĉiamverdo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ikivihreä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "ainavihanta kasvi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbre à feuillage persistant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbre à feuilles persistantes"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maradmc̣vane mcenare",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"word": "მარადმწვანე მცენარე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "immergrüne Pflanze"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crann síorghlas"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sempre-verde"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"english": "tree",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbore sempervirescent"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"english": "shrub",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbust sempervirescent"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "večnozeljónoje rasténije",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вечнозелёное расте́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "tree or shrub",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "craobh shìor-ghorm"
}
],
"word": "evergreen"
}
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"English adjectives",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English verbs",
"en:Trees"
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"2": "ever",
"3": "green"
},
"expansion": "ever + green",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ever + green.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "evergreens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "evergreening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "evergreened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "evergreened",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "evergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened)",
"name": "en-verb"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Patent law"
],
"glosses": [
"To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications."
],
"links": [
[
"patent",
"patent#Noun"
],
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"term",
"term"
],
[
"patent",
"patent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(patent law, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications."
],
"topics": [
"intellectual-property",
"law",
"medicine",
"patent-law",
"pharmaceuticals",
"pharmacology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Banking"
],
"glosses": [
"To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid."
],
"links": [
[
"banking",
"banking#Noun"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
],
[
"principal",
"principal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid."
],
"topics": [
"banking",
"business"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛvɚɡɹin/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-evergreen.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "ěvʹərgrēn",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "evergreen"
}
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