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Adjective: perennial  pu're-nee-ul
  1. (botany) lasting three seasons or more
    "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
     
  2. Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
    "perennial happiness"
     
  3. Recurring again and again
    "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements";
    - recurrent, repeated
Noun: perennial  pu're-nee-ul
  1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

Derived forms: perennials

See also: continual, long

Type of: flora, plant, plant life

Antonym: annual, biennial

Encyclopedia: Perennial

Nearest

Pere Jacques Marquette
peregrinate
peregrination
peregrine
peregrine falcon
Perejil
peremptorily
peremptory
perennate
perennation
perennial
perennial pea
perennial ragweed
perennial ryegrass
perennial salt marsh aster
perennially
perennity
Pereskia
Pereskia aculeata
perestroika
perfect