Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Evergreen

Evergreen , adjective

(Botany) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

Evergreen , noun

1.
(Botany) An evergreen plant.
2.
Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.
The funeral evengreens entwine. — Keble