About The Word Perennial
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Perennial
Perennial Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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