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Perennial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Perennial? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Perennial: continual \| long \| recurrent \| repeated Related Terms \| Find terms related to Perennial: abiding \| aged \| age-long \| amphibian \| ancient \| angiosperm \| annual \| antique \| aquatic plant \| articulated \| biennial \| catenated \| ceaseless \| chattering \| chronic \| concatenated \| connected \| constant \| continual \| continued \| continuing \| continuous \| cosmopolite \| cutting \| cyclical \| deciduous \| deciduous plant \| dicot \| dicotyledon \| direct \| diuturnal \| durable \| endless \| enduring \| ephemeral \| eternal \| ever-blooming \| evergreen \| everlasting \| ever-new \| exotic \| featureless \| flowering plant \| fungus \| gametophyte \| gapless \| gymnosperm \| half-hardy \| hardy \| hydrophyte \| immediate \| immortal \| immutable \| imperishable \| incessant \| indeciduous \| interminable \| intransient \| inveterate \| joined \| jointless \| lasting \| lifelong \| linked \| longeval \| longevous \| long-lasting \| long-lived \| long-standing \| long-term \| machine gun \| macrobiotic \| monocot \| monocotyl \| monotonous \| never-ending \| never-failing \| nonstop \| of long duration \| of long standing \| old \| oscillating \| perdurable \| perduring \| periodic \| permanent \| perpetual \| persistent \| persisting \| plant \| polycot \| polycotyl \| polycotyledon \| pulsating \| rapid \| recurrent \| regular \| remaining \| repeated \| repetitive \| round-the-clock \| running \| seamless \| seed plant \| seedling \| sempervirent \| sempiternal \| serried \| smooth \| spermatophyte \| sporophyte \| stable \| staccato \| staying \| steadfast \| steady \| straight \| stuttering \| sustained \| thallophyte \| timeless \| tough \| triennial \| twenty-four-hour \| unbroken \| unceasing \| unchanging \| undifferentiated \| undying \| unending \| unfading \| unfailing \| uniform \| unintermitted \| unintermittent \| unintermitting \| uninterrupted \| unrelieved \| unremitting \| unstopped \| unvarying \| vascular plant \| vegetable \| vibrating \| vital \| weed See Also \| button snakeroot \| Eryngium yuccifolium \| flora \| plant \| plant life \| rattlesnake master \| rattlesnake's master Perennial In Webster's Dictionary \Peren"nial\, 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. \Peren"nial\, n. (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.

Perennial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perennial?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perennial: continual | long | recurrent | repeated

Perennial In Webster's Dictionary

\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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