Definition of Annual

1. Noun. (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year.

Generic synonyms: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology

2. Adjective. Completing its life cycle within a year. "A border of annual flowering plants"
Exact synonyms: One-year
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Antonyms: Biennial, Perennial

3. Noun. A reference book that is published regularly once every year.
Exact synonyms: Yearbook, Yearly
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Specialized synonyms: Almanac, Almanac, Farmer's Calendar, Ephemeris

4. Adjective. Occurring or payable every year. "Annual (or yearly) income"
Exact synonyms: Yearly
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical
Derivative terms: Year

Definition of Annual

1. a. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

2. n. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.

Definition of Annual

1. Adjective. Happening once every year. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also (term circannual). ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) (of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See ''Annual plant'' in Wikipedia. Compare (term biennial), (term perennial). ¹

4. Adjective. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies. ¹

5. Noun. An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. ¹

6. Noun. (botany) An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare (term biennial), (term perennial). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Annual

1. a publication issued once a year [n -S]

Medical Definition of Annual

1. Describes a plant or other organism that completes its whole life cycle in one year Occuring yearly. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Annual

annoyances
annoyaunce
annoybot
annoybots
annoyed
annoyer
annoyers
annoyful
annoying
annoyingly
annoyingness
annoyous
annoys
anns
annual (current term)
annual fern
annual leave
annual parallax
annual report
annual reports
annual ring
annual salt-marsh aster
annualise
annualised
annualises
annualising
annualist
annualists
annualization

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