sempervirent

/sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"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 […]"

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

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How do you pronounce sempervirent?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/.

What does sempervirent mean?

Evergreen.

Where does sempervirent come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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