perennial
Noun · AdjectiveUS[per-en-ee-uhl]/pɚˈɛniəl/4 syllables
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Adjective (3)
- lasting three seasons or more“the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant”Opposite annual, biennial
- lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal“perennial happiness”Opposite shortSimilar long
- recurring again and again“perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements”Synonyms: recurrentrepeatedOpposite sporadicSimilar continual
Noun (1)
- (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or moreType of plant, floraKinds rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Per·en′ni·al (pĕr-ĕn′nĭ-al), adjective
Origin: L. perennis that lasts the whole year through; per through + annus year. See Per-, and Annual.
1. Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
2. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
The perennial existence of bodies corporate.— Edmund Burke
3. Botany Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
Synonyms: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted.
Per·en′ni·al noun
Botany A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54