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1. (adj.) biennial
happening every two years:
biennial games.
2. biennial
lasting or enduring for two years.
3. biennial
(of a plant) requiring two years to complete a life cycle; blooming and forming seeds in the second year.
4. (n.) biennial
an event occurring once in two years.
5. biennial
a biennial plant.
Etymology: (1615–25)
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| Definition of 'biennial' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) biennial
(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
2. (adj) biennial, two-year
having a life cycle lasting two seasons
"a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"
3. (adj) biennial, biyearly
occurring every second year
"they met at biennial conventions"
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| Definition of 'biennial' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) biennial
happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election
2. (adj) biennial
continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second
3. (noun) biennial
something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination
4. (noun) biennial
a plant which exists or lasts for two years
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Sense: (of plants etc) lasting for two years
Wallflowers are biennial; a biennial plant.
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 Afrikaans: tweejarige |
 Arabic: ، حادِثٌ أو عائِشٌ كلَّ س |
 Bulgarian: двугодишен |
 Brazilian: bienal |
 Czech: dvouletý |
 German: zweijährig |
 Danish: toårig |
 Greek: διετής (για φυτά κτλ.) |
 Spanish: bienal |
 Estonian: kaheaastane |
 Farsi: گیاهی که دو سال زنده است |
 Finnish: kaksivuotinen |
 French: bisannuel |
 Hebrew: דוּ-שׁנָתִי |
 Hindi: द्विवार्षिक |
 Croatian: dvogodišnji |
 Hungarian: kétévenkénti, kétéves |
 Indonesian: tahan dua tahunan |
 Icelandic: tvíær |
 Italian: biennale |
 Japanese: 二年生の (植物) |
 Korean: 2년생의 |
 Lithuanian: dvimetis |
 Latvian: divgadīgs (augs) |
 Malay: setiap dua tahun |
 Dutch: tweejarig |
 Norwegian: toårig |
 Polish: dwuletni |
 Persian: گیاهی که دو سال زنده است |
 Portuguese: bienal |
 Romanian: bienal |
 Russian: двухлетний |
 Slovak: dvojročný |
 Slovenian: dveleten |
 Serbian: dvogodišnji |
 Swedish: tvåårig, tvåårs-, bienn |
 Thai: เกิดขึ้นทุก ๆ สองปี |
 Turkish: iki yıllık |
 Taiwanese: (指植物)兩年生而於第二年結實的 |
 Ukrainian: дворічний; такий, що трап |
 Urdu: دوسالہ |
 Vietnamese: hai năm |
 Chinese: 两年一次的，二年生的 |
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