Definitions of Perennial [əˈrɛn i əl]

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Definition of 'Perennial'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) perennial
lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring.

2.  perennial
(of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years.

3.  perennial
lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream.

4.  perennial
perpetual; recurrent.

5. (n.) perennial
a perennial plant.

6.  perennial
something that is continuing or recurrent.

Etymology: (1635–45; < L perenni(s) lasting the whole year through (per-per - +-enn-, comb. form of annus year +-is adj. suffix) + -al¹)

Definition of 'Perennial'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (adj) perennial
lasting three seasons or more
"the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"

3. (adj) perennial
lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
"perennial happiness"

4. (adj) perennial, recurrent, repeated
recurring again and again
"perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"

Definition of 'Perennial'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Perennial
ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains

2. (adj) Perennial
continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing

3. (adj) Perennial
continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant

4. (noun) Perennial
a perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not

Translation of 'Perennial'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a plant) which lasts for more than two years Daffodils are perennial plants; They are perennials.
Afrikaans: meerjarige	Arabic: دائِم، مُسْتَمِر	Bulgarian: многогодишен
Brazilian: perene	Czech: trvalka; trvalý	German: winterharte Pflanzen, win
Danish: flerårig plante; flerårig	Greek: πολυετής	Spanish: perenne; eterno, perpetuo
Estonian: mitmeaastane	Farsi: چند سال زی	Finnish: monivuotinen kasvi
French: vivace	Hebrew: צֶמָח רַב שְׁנָתִי	Hindi: बहुवर्षी पौधा
Croatian: trajan, višegodišnji	Hungarian: évelő (növény)	Indonesian: bertahun-tahun
Icelandic: fjölær jurt	Italian: (pianta) perenne	Japanese: 多年生の
Korean: 다년생 식물, 다년생의	Lithuanian: daugiametis (augalas)	Latvian: daudzgadīgs (augs)
Malay: saka	Dutch: overblijvende plant; over	Norwegian: staude, flerårig plante
Polish: bylina	Persian: چند سال زی	Pashto: كرى كال، سروكال، بادوامه
Portuguese: planta perene	Romanian: peren	Russian: многолетнее растение
Slovak: trvalka; trvalý	Slovenian: trajen	Serbian: višegodišnji
Swedish: perenn [växt]; flerårig	Thai: ที่มีวงจรชีวิตมากกว่า 2 ป	Turkish: iki yıldan fazla yaşayan
Taiwanese: (植物)多年生的	Ukrainian: багаторічний; багаторічна	Urdu: دو سال تک رہنے والا پودا
Vietnamese: lâu năm	Chinese: 多年生植物（的）
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