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Definition of Perennial

1. Noun. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more.

2. Adjective. Lasting three seasons or more. "The common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"

3. Adjective. Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal. "Perennial happiness"

4. Adjective. Recurring again and again. "Perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

Definition of Perennial

1. a. ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.

2. n. A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.

Definition of Perennial

1. Adjective. Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time. ¹

2. Adjective. (botany of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare (term annual), (term biennial). ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing. ¹

4. Adjective. (figuratively) Enduring; lasting; timeless. ¹

5. Adjective. (figuratively) Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again. ¹

6. Noun. A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare (term annual), (term biennial). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perennial

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Perennial

1. Lasting through the year of for several years. Origin: L. Perennis, from per = through, annus = year (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perennial

peremptorily peremptoriness peremptory perempts perencephaly perendinate perendinated perendinates perendinating perennate

perennated perennates perennating perennation perennations perennial (current term) perennial pea perennial philosophy perennial ragweed perennial salt marsh aster

perenniality perennialization perennialize perennialized perennializes perennializing perennially perennials perennibranchiata

Literary usage of Perennial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"A hardy perennial: st. winged, about 1 ft. high, usually terminating in 2 unequal ... Hardy perennial similar to the last: sts. narrowly winged: spathes ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"perennial, 1 ft. or more high, with white or pink Ils. borne mostly in ... A genus of 11 species of tall-growing hardy perennial herbs native of the US, ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"It affords a perennial supply of water as far south as Bdgh. After leaving ... The perennial supply of water flowing in and out of the pass is not great, ..."

4. Egypt of the Egyptians by William Lawrence Balls (1920)
"The object of perennial Irrigation, which is now the system employed ... perennial irrigation can be practised on the banks of the river all the year round, ..."

5. The Making of a Flower Garden by Ida Dandridge Bennett (1919)
"Late summer and fall 15' perennial Pyrethrum uliginosum stellate. .Aug.-Sept. ... 3' Annual Coreopsis June-frost 2' perennial Pompon Late fall ..."

6. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... they coloured, and of the sixe of a pea. It grows under bushes in the jungle, in al kind of soil. The plant is a perennial, and rea PINE ..."

7. Select extra-tropical plants readily eligible for industrial culture or by Ferdinand Jacob H. Mueller (1880)
"The crop for fibre ripens in about five months. Sesleria coerulea, Arduino.* Most parts of Europe. Of this perennial grass ..."

8. The Santa Rita Experimental Range: History and Annotated Bibliography (1903 by Alvin L. Medina (1997)
"perennial grasses competed strongly with annual grasses and ... Immediate effects of fire on perennial grasses lasted only 1 or 2 years. ..."

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