Evergreen \Ev"er*green\a. (Bot.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Evergreen \Ev"er*green\, n.1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant.
2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. ``The funeral evengreens entwine.'' --Keble.