sempervirent

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/

sempervirent (not comparable)

1. Evergreen.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 408:

     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 […]

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səm.pər.biˈɾen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səm.pər.viˈɾent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [sem.peɾ.viˈɾent]

sempervirent m or f (masculine and feminine plural sempervirents)

1. (botany) evergreen

   Synonym: perennifoli

   Antonyms: decidu, caducifoli

• “sempervirent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.