sempervirent

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UK/sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt/US/sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/

adjective

Evergreen.

OriginLatin semper →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivesempervirent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEvergreen.

    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 […]

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 408

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
evergreen

Origin

  1. Latinsemper“always”
  2. Englishsempervirent

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

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APA

sempervirent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sempervirent

MLA

“sempervirent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sempervirent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sempervirent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sempervirent.

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