| ADJECTIVE | all | perennial | lasting three seasons or more |
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| all | perennial | lasting / lasting an indefinitely long time | |
| all | perennial, recurrent, repeated | recurring again and again | |
| NOUN | plant | perennial | (botany) a plant lasting / lasting for three seasons or more |
| Sounds | pereh'niyahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | lasting three seasons or more. | |
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| Example | "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" | |
| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Opposite | annual, one-year | completing its life cycle within a year |
| biennial, two-year | Having a life cycle lasting two seasons | |
| Catalan | perenne, perennifoli | |
| Spanish | perenne | |
| Nouns | perennial | (botany) a plant lasting / lasting for three seasons or more |
| Adverbs | perennially | in a perennial manner |
| Meaning | lasting / lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal. | |
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| Example | "perennial happiness" | |
| Broader | long | primarily temporal sense |
| Catalan | perenne | |
| Spanish | perenne | |
| Meaning | recurring again and again. | |
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| Example | "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" | |
| Synonyms | recurrent, repeated | |
| Broader | continual | Occurring without interruption |
| Catalan | perenne | |
| Spanish | perenne, repetido | |
| Meaning | (botany) a plant lasting / lasting for three seasons or more. | |
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| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
| Narrower | rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master, button snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite |
| Broader | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Adjectives | perennial | lasting three seasons or more |
| Verbs | perennate | survive from season to season, of plants |