Everlasting /(?)/

Ever·last·ing

Everlasting

a.
  1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.
  2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
    I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
    — Gen xvii. 8.
    And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness.
    Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius.

Phrases & Compounds
Everlasting flower
Same as Everlasting, n., 3.
Everlasting pea
an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.

Everlasting

n.
  1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
    From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
    — Ps. xc. 2.
  2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
  3. A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. (Bot.)
  4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.