How to say "evergreen" in Japanese

• 常緑じょうりょくCommon
  no-adjectiveThe property of being evergreen: plants that keep their leaves green year-round. Use it when describing the condition or category, not when pointing to an individual tree.
• 常緑樹じょうりょくじゅCommon
  nounAn evergreen as a countable plant: a tree that keeps its green leaves throughout the year. This is the word when English 'evergreen' means the tree itself rather than the quality.
• 榊さかきCommon
  nounNot a general term for evergreen: it names a particular evergreen tree, the sakaki, planted or used at shrines. For evergreens in general this is not the word you want.

Choose 常緑 for evergreen as a quality or category, 常緑樹 for an evergreen as a tree or plant, and 榊 only for the specific shrine tree sakaki, never for evergreens in general.

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• 常緑じょうりょくevergreen
• 常緑樹じょうりょくじゅevergreen tree
• エバーグリーンevergreen (tree)
• 真榊まさかきevergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
• 榊さかきevergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
• 常磐ときわevergreen