Perennial

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring.
  • adjective. Appearing again and again or year after year; recurrent: synonym: continual.
  • adjective. Living three or more years.
  • adjective. Lasting or active throughout the year.
  • noun. A perennial plant.
  • noun. Something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly or continual basis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lasting or continuing without cessation through the year, or through many years: as, a perennial spring or fountain.
  • Continuing without stop or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never-failing; everlasting.
  • In zoology, growing continually: noting teeth which have the pulp-cavity open, and grow indefinitely from persistent pulps: as, the perennial incisors of a rodent.
  • In botany, continuing more than two years: as, a perennial stem or root.
  • In entomology, forming colonies which are continued from year to year, as the ants, bees, and termites; also, living more than one year, as an insect.
  • noun. In botany, a plant which lives and blossoms or fructifies year after year.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
  • adjective. ing or continuing through the year.
  • adjective. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
  • adjective. Continuing more than two years.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.
  • adjective. Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare annual, biennial.
  • adjective. Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing.
  • adjective. Enduring; lasting; timeless.
  • adjective. Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.
  • noun. A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare annual, biennial.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal
  • noun. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
  • adjective. recurring again and again
  • adjective. lasting three seasons or more
  • Word Usage
    "Caulks is quality, though, a world away from what I call the perennial loanee – that journeyman player who's been around the block and hasn't been able to find a home."