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- DictionaryPer·en·ni·al/pəˈrenēəl/
adjective
- 1. lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring: "his perennial distrust of the media"
noun
- 1. a perennial plant: "perennials will transform the garden in summer"
1. : present at all seasons of the year. 2. : persisting for several years usually with new herbaceous growth from a perennating part. perennial asters. 3. a. : persistent, enduring. perennial favorites. b. : continuing without interruption : constant, perpetual. the perennial quest for certainty. a perennial student. c.
Synonyms: continual, incessant, constant, perdurable. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year: The interpretive boardwalk follows a perennial stream through the marsh to the lake. arising repeatedly or always existing; perpetual; recurrent:
PERENNIAL definition: 1. lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time: 2. a plant that lives for…. Learn more.
perennial, any plant that persists for several years, usually with new herbaceous growth from a part that survives from growing season to growing season. Trees and shrubs, including all gymnosperms (cone-bearing plants), are perennials, as are some herbaceous (nonwoody) flowering plants and vegetative ground covers.
1. a. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: an author's perennial popularity among children. b. Appearing again and again or year after year; recurrent: a perennial contender for the championship. See Synonyms at continual. 2. Botany Living three or more years. 3. Lasting or active throughout the year: a perennial stream. n. 1.
happening again and again, or continuing for a long time: the perennial problem of unemployment. perennial. noun [ C ] uk / p ə rˈeniəl / us. a plant that lives for several years. (Definition of perennial from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of perennial. in Chinese (Traditional) 長期存在的, 常年的, 不斷發生的…
Definitions of perennial. adjective. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal. “ perennial happiness”. synonyms: long. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified. adjective. recurring again and again.
