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Biennial

Biennial Meaning & Definition
Biennial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Biennial?

[n] a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
[adj] (botany) having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
[adj] occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Biennial: biyearly | two-year

Related Terms | Find terms related to Biennial: amphibian | angiosperm | anniversary | annual | annual holiday | aquatic plant | biannual | bicentenary | bicentennial | bimonthly | birthday | bissextile day | biweekly | catamenial | centenary | centennial | commemoration | cosmopolite | cutting | daily | decennial | deciduous plant | diamond jubilee | dicot | dicotyledon | diurnal | ephemeral | evergreen | exotic | flowering plant | fortnightly | fungus | gametophyte | golden wedding anniversary | gymnosperm | hebdomadal | holy days | hourly | hydrophyte | immovable feast | jubilee | leap year | menstrual | momentary | momently | monocot | monocotyl | monthly | name day | natal day | octennial | perennial | plant | polycot | polycotyl | polycotyledon | quadrennial | quarterly | quasquicentennial | quincentenary | quincentennial | quinquennial | quotidian | secular | seed plant | seedling | semestral | semiannual | semimonthly | semiweekly | semiyearly | septennial | sesquicentennial | sextennial | silver wedding anniversary | spermatophyte | sporophyte | tercentenary | tercentennial | tertian | thallophyte | tricennial | triennial | vascular plant | vegetable | wedding anniversary | weed | weekly | yearly

See Also | flora | plant | plant life

Biennial In Webster's Dictionary

\Bi*en"ni*al\, a. [L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. {Annual}.] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. 2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.
\Bi*en"ni*al\, n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. 2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

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