evergreen

Meanings

Adjective

• Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
• Continually fresh or self-renewing.
• Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.

Noun

• A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
• A conifer tree.
• A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.

Verb

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

Origin

• From ever + green.