I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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shrub
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These evergreen shrubs may be trained as hedges or wall shrubs.
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Dwarf wax myrtle is an evergreen shrub in the 2-to-4-foot range.
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The kitchen, quarry-tiled, looked out on to a courtyard paved in red brick with various evergreen shrubs in tubs.
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A: The New Zealand tea tree is a large evergreen shrub that matures to 8 or 10 feet in height.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The group's name matches the evergreen quality of Farrar's songs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dwarf wax myrtle is an evergreen shrub in the 2-to-4-foot range.
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From January to early May the biggest sources are evergreen trees such as juniper, cedar and cypress.
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It included Gale, evergreen Veratrum with flowering buds, dark green and striped-leaved Pyrola and a pretty Lycopodium.
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Singed needles only add to the celebration because they crackle like sparklers and give off the pungent aroma of the evergreen woods.
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The evergreen heart-throb thought he should be an expert on the subject having been wed three times.
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The leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen since they can be heavily defoliated in severe winters.
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The thin walls were banked with earth and evergreen boughs.
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These evergreen shrubs may be trained as hedges or wall shrubs.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But not Pachysandra, a fleshy-leafed evergreen , which has nice variegated varieties.
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If we go further across that's a Hebe, again an evergreen .
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It scarcely endorses such behavior to note that it is an evergreen , seemingly eternal.
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One or two of the children have not really understood the concept of evergreen .
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Some were sprinkled with pine needles, having just been engaged in decking out the hall with fresh sprays of evergreen .
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The fast-growing, glossy evergreen prefers a loamy, well-draining soil and is drought-tolerant in these conditions.