Etymology

From semper (“always”) +‎ virēns (“flourishing, green”)Category:Latin compound terms#SEMPERVIRENS.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛmˈpɛr.wɪ.rẽːs]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#SEMPERVIRENS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [semˈpɛr.vi.rens]Category:Latin 4-syllable words#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#SEMPERVIRENS

Adjective

sempervirēns (genitive sempervirentis)Category:Latin lemmas#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin adjectives#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin third declension adjectives#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin third declension adjectives of one termination#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Pages with entries#SEMPERVIRENSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SEMPERVIRENS; third-declension one-termination adjective

1. always flourishing or vigorous
2. (of plants) evergreen
   • 1822, The Botanical Register, volume 8, page 643:

     Azedarach sempervirens et florens. [...] Ab Azedarach distincta est, nec pro varietate aestimari debet.

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   • 1925, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, volume 15&16, page 205:

     Frutex sempervirens epiphyticus ad 30 cm. attingens, inflorescentia excepta glaber.

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   • 1936, Zesde Internationaal Botanisch Congres, Amsterdam, volume 1, page 138:

     Florae Batavae magnum ornamentum, planta solum in forma feminina ocurrens, [...] sempervirens et semperflorens, sonorica, [...]

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