evergreen vs tree

evergreen

noun
  • A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally. 

  • A conifer tree. 

  • A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time. 

adj
  • Being a clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken. 

  • Of a document, a piece of software, or a dataset, being continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime) 

  • Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally. 

  • Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent. 

verb
  • To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications. 

  • To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid. 

tree

noun
  • Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense). 

  • The fifth Lenormand card. 

  • A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children. 

  • An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms. 

  • The structural frame of a saddle. 

  • A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges. 

  • A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right. 

  • Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices. 

  • The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding. 

  • A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage. 

  • Marijuana. 

  • A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. 

  • A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. 

verb
  • To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. 

  • To place in a tree. 

  • To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree. 

  • To take refuge in a tree. 

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