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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: continual, long, recurrent, repeated
Antonyms: annual, biennial, one-year, two-year
See Also: button snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium, flora, plant, plant life, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master
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