Meaning of PERENNIAL
| Pronunciation: | | pu'reneeul
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- [n] a plant lasting for three seasons or more
- [adj] recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
- [adj] (botany) lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
- [adj] lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
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| | Synonyms: | | continual, long, recurrent, repeated |
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| | Antonyms: | | annual, biennial, one-year, two-year | | |
| | See Also: | | button snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium, flora, plant, plant life, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Per*en"ni*al\, a. [L. perennis that lasts the whole
year through; per through + annus year. See {Per-}, and
{Annual}.]
1. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial
fountains.
2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual;
unceasing; never failing.
The perennial existence of bodies corporate.
--Burke.
3. (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial
steam, or root, or plant.
Syn: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring;
continual; permanent; uninterrupted.
\Per*en"ni*al\, n. (Bot.)
A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than
two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
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- Refers to a plant that lives for more than two years; it may or may not lose its leaves or seem to die back at the end of a growing season.
- Lasting throughout the year, as for continually flowing streams.
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