Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Adjective: annual  an-y(oo-)ul
  1. (botany) completing its life cycle within a year
    "a border of annual flowering plants";
    - one-year
     
  2. Occurring or payable every year
    "an annual trip to Paris"; "annual income";
    - yearly
Noun: annual  an-y(oo-)ul
  1. (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
     
  2. A reference book that is published regularly once every year
    - yearly, yearbook

Derived forms: annuals

See also: periodic, periodical

Type of: book of facts, flora, plant, plant life, reference, reference book, reference work

Antonym: perennial, two-year

Encyclopedia: Annual, Morocco