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Latin
Etymology
From semper (“always”) + virēns (“flourishing, green”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sempervirēns (genitive sempervirentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- always flourishing or vigorous
- (of plants) evergreen
1822, The Botanical Register, volume 8, page 643:Azedarach sempervirens et florens. [...] Ab Azedarach distincta est, nec pro varietate aestimari debet.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1925, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, volume 15&16, page 205:Frutex sempervirens epiphyticus ad 30 cm. attingens, inflorescentia excepta glaber.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1936, Zesde Internationaal Botanisch Congres, Amsterdam, volume 1, page 138:Florae Batavae magnum ornamentum, planta solum in forma feminina ocurrens, [...] sempervirens et semperflorens, sonorica, [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.