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Definition of Biennials
1. biennial [n] - See also: biennial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biennials
Literary usage of Biennials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"biennials are plants which, springing from the seed and vegetating in one season,
live through ... In typical biennials, nearly the whole work of vegetation ..."
2. The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the by John Claudius Loudon (1850)
"Ornamental biennials and Perennials. 558. biennials are generally classed with
perennials in gardening books, because both of them when raised from seeds do ..."
3. The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence; the by John Claudius Loudon (1850)
"Ornamental biennials and Perennials. 558. biennials are generally classed with
perennials in gardening books, because both of them when raised from seeds do ..."
4. American Flower Garden Directory by Robert Buist (1832)
"biennials AND PERENNIALS. Any biennials that are intended to be removed, ...
They must be carefully watered, and shaded as above directed for biennials. ..."
5. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"biennials.—These are plants which usually require two years or seasons of growth to
... The seeds of hardy biennials are usually sown from June to August, ..."
6. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"I7O biennials. Chrysanthemum tricolor venustum, crimson, ... biennials.—biennials
are a class of plants which do not flower the same year they are sown. ..."
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