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Definition of perennial; perennial in English English dictionary

perennial
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time

a perennial stream.

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Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare annual, biennial
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Enduring; lasting; timeless

His artwork has a perennial beauty.

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Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing

The perennial existence of bodies corporate and their fortunes are things particularly suited to a man who has long views….

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A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare annual, biennial
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Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again

Change is a perennial theme in politics.

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continuing though the year or through many years
perennial
{a} durable, perpetual, in botany lasting more than two years
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{s} lasting throughout the whole year; continuing for many years; perpetual, everlasting
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Describes herbaceous plants that persist for more than two years, dying back each year to the same rootstock Lillies, phlox, hostas, and yarrow are all perennials Some plants are perennials, but will die if overwintered in northern climates; these are tender Those that can take cold winters are considered hardy
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A plant that lives for more than two years Usually spreads by roots and/or seeds
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lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness
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a plant growing for more than two years
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lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness"
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Active throughout the year, or all the time
perennial
ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains
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A plant that dies down to the ground during winter and survives to grow again each spring
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A plant that lives for more than a year and produces flowers on more than one occasion (Latin per, through + annus, a year)
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Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant
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A plant that would have come back year after year if it had survived
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Shortening of perennial plant; A plant that it active throughout the year
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A plant that normally lives for three or more years
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A plant that grows year after year as are most trees, shrubs, grasses, and some smaller plants
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Plant that lives for three or more years, producing leaves and stems each year from rootstock, crown buds, or branches
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Plants that live or grow for more than one year Some resprout from a root system or reseed themselves every year
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a plant lasting for three seasons or more recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
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Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing
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A plant that can live more than two years
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a plant lasting for three seasons or more
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A plant that doesn't die after one life cycle Often defined as a plant that lives more than one year See; annual, biennial
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Everlasting; perpetual (may refer to a woody or herbaceous plant that continues its growth for a least three years)
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A plant which continues to grow after it has reproduced, usually meaning that it lives for several years
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a plant lasting for three seasons or more recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness
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A plant that lives for three or more growing seasons
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A plant that takes more than two years to complete its life cycle
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A plant that lives and reproduces for several years; the stems and leaves may die each year, but portions close to or below the ground remain perennial
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a plant that usually lives more than two years
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A plant that normally lives for 3 years or more
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You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties. the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness = constant + perennially per·en·ni·al·ly Both services are perennially short of staff
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Lasting from year to year (Munz, 1965) 3 Bot having a life span of more than two years (Webster)
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Present at all seasons of the year The term can also be used designate a plant that produces new growth in successive years from a perennating part
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A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year. a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers. Perennial is also a noun. a low-growing perennial. a plant that lives for more than two years hardy perennial. Any plant that persists for several years, usually with new herbaceous growth from a part that survives from season to season. Trees and shrubs are perennial, as are some herbaceous flowers and vegetative ground covers. Perennials have only a limited flowering period, but with maintenance throughout the growing season, they provide a leafy presence and shape to the garden landscape. Popular flowering perennials include bellflowers, chrysanthemums, columbines, lockspurs, hollyhocks, phlox, pinks, poppies, and primroses. See also annual, biennial
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A plant that grows for 3 or more years and usually flowers each year The vast majority of North Country plants are perennial From the Latin, perennis, "through;" and annus, "a year "
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recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
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Living for many years
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{i} something that continues for many years
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lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
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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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Living through three or more seasons
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Persisting for several years, usually dying back to a perennial crown during the winter and initiating new growth each spring
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A plant that lives from year to year and typically involves many reproductive cycles By definition, for three seasons or more From the Latin word perennis, "through the year"
perennial question
eternal question, question that has stumped men throughout the ages and has not or cannot be answered
perennial ryegrass
European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass
perennial salt marsh aster
a variety of aster
perennial stream
small river which flows throughout the year
perennial struggle
eternal struggle, perpetual struggle
perennial; perennial
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