A Quick and Simple Dictionary

evergreen

1. Adjective.  Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.
2. Adjective.  Continually fresh or self-renewing; often used metaphorically.
3. Adjective.  Of a document or dataset, continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and being slightly outdated in-between those publication dates).
4. Adjective.  (context, broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent.
5. Noun.  A tree or shrub that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
6. Noun.  (informal) More specifically, a conifer tree.
7. Noun.  (colloquial) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time.
8. Verb.  (patents, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications.
9. Verb.  (banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.