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Perennial - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Perennial : adj
1: lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a
popular perennial plant" [ant: annual, biennial]
2: lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal;
"perennial happiness"
3: recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate
the requirements" [syn: recurrent, repeated]
(noun)
1: a plant lasting for three seasons or more
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Perennial : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Perennial : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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