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perennial |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perennial adj 1: (botany) 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}] n : a plant lasting for three seasons or more
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