sempervirent

Definition

Evergreen.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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 […]"